Archive - FACT CHECK

Death hoaxes on Facebook and YouTube falsely claimed that Dr. Willie Ong recently passed away.

Eight impostor Facebook pages of a business corporation claimed to give away washing machines to netizens. These are fake.

While no court has yet found Rodrigo Duterte guilty of involvement in illegal activities, his name has been mentioned in some ongoing investigations into unlawful undertakings during his terms as Davao City mayor and as the country’s president.

Just less than three months before, Vice President Sara Duterte said she and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. were "still friends."

The project was approved for implementation in 2015 and financed through a loan agreement in April 2016 – before Duterte even took office.

Contrary to the YouTube video's claim, the 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President was not set to zero.

A YouTube video falsely claims that the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte have started in the House of Representatives.

A clip of Catholic faithful coming home from Pope Francis' mass in East Timor was edited and made to appear like a pro-Duterte rally in the Philippines.

A video of Pampanga Rep. and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo crowning KOJC leader Apollo Quiboloy is circulating online without proper context.

Michael Yang is not merely linked to Duterte. He was the then-president’s economic adviser in 2018.

An advisory circulated on FB warning people in Antique from eating fish, hours after heavy waves partially destroyed a public cemetery in the municipality of Sebaste.

A YouTube video claims that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea entered into an alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte. This is misleading.