Archive - FACT CHECK

A report by website astignapinoy.net on Nov. 27 that claims Forbes said President Rodrigo Duterte has provided Filipinos "a sense of safety" is misleading.

An online post claiming that the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China have agreed on a 60-40 profit-sharing scheme on their joint oil exploration in disputed maritime areas is misleading.

An online post by a Facebook page currently circulating on social media which claims that the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT 7) is a project of President Rodrigo Duterte is misleading.

A story published on Nov. 20 by website citizenexpress.today claiming that an online poll revealed over 80% of Filipinos consider the Magdalo group as a terrorist organization is misleading.

He said the president 'doesn’t have money.'

Several social media pages shared on Facebook last week a fabricated story by website ddsnewsfiles.xyz claiming that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the arrest of Sen. Risa Hontiveros for corruption during her term as director at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation.

A netizen's online post last Nov. 18 claiming thousands of rubber slippers bearing the name of Vice President Leni Robredo were found in an abandoned camp of the New People's Army is erroneous.

An old video showing the 2008 acquittal of former First Lady Imelda Marcos from corruption cases is circulating on social media once again, apparently intended to mislead the public as it resurfaced on the same day the Sandiganbayan found her guilty of seven counts of graft.

In a Papua New Guinea speech, he repeated an earlier false claim that the EU created the ICC.

Website opinyonko.com revived Nov. 15 a misleading and previously debunked four-year-old claim about a "useless" footbridge constructed under the Aquino administration.

He recently said the Marawi crisis was 'not an overt act of rebellion.'

Website trendingbalita.online published on Oct. 28 a misleading report on how the University of the Philippines fared in the 2019 QS Asian University Rankings by mixing fact with opinion.