Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tiglao falsely claims Philstar ‘wrong’ on Robredo topping Google search The Manila Times columnist Rigoberto “Bobi” Tiglao falsely claimed that the Philippine Star erred in reporting that Vice President Leni Robredo was the most-searched presidential candidate on Google earlier this month. By VERA Files | Mar 30, 2022 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kris Aquino quote on Filipinos owing democracy to Ninoy FAKE Another version of the quote card used a different image but carried the same statement. By VERA Files | Mar 30, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Montemayor’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines expose people to infection is BASELESS Presidential candidate Jose “Joey” Montemayor’s claim that the COVID-19 vaccine has a “reverse” effect and exposes people to infection has no basis. By VERA Files | Mar 25, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Kurap vs Di Kurap’ video showing road projects and statues as legacies MISLEADING Many of the bronze busts, statues and monuments were not built during the terms of both Aquinos. Some of the statues were also privately funded or donated by artists. By VERA Files | Mar 24, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pro-Uniteam pages spread FAKE photo of Leni-Kiko Pasig rally All three posts flagged by VERA Files Fact Check ridiculed the rally. By VERA Files | Mar 24, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos of rice distribution in Muntinlupa for ‘Robredo supporters’ UNPROVEN A reader asked VERA Files Fact Check to look into the claim. By VERA Files | Mar 24, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming Ukraine set nuclear power plant on fire NOT TRUE The same day the blaze struck the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Enerhodar, Ukraine on March 4, foreign ministers of several countries urged Russia to halt attacks in Ukraine, especially where nuclear facilities were. By VERA Files | Mar 23, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on Imelda Marcos’s acquittal in 1990 fraud case NEEDS CONTEXT The eight-minute clip tackled only one case. By VERA Files | Mar 22, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bombo Radyo did NOT say ‘70M’ people attended Robredo’s Bacolod rally The radio station disowned the claim. By VERA Files | Mar 21, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING clip claims Sharon Cuneta exposed Robredo’s communist links She was talking about a recent disinformation narrative targeting Robredo. By VERA Files | Mar 21, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Story on Toni Gonzaga’s ‘laryngitis’ after singing in Marcos rallies is SATIRE This is not the first time Gonzaga figured in a satirical post that misled people. By VERA Files | Mar 18, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte statement on passing presidency to Marcos Jr. lifted from a 2016 video In a Feb. 25 interview with acting Palace spokesperson Martin Andanar, Duterte said he is not certain about endorsing a candidate in the May 9 elections. “I may or I may not but preferably I’d like to stay neutral.” By VERA Files | Mar 18, 2022 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 126 127 128 129 130 … 293 Older posts