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 YEARENDER: Duterte’s swan song: Contradictions and inconsistencies in gov’t policies With only six months left before he steps down as the country’s 16th president, Rodrigo Duterte and his key officials continue to leave a trail of inconsistencies blurring major policy issues. By Elijah Roderos | Dec 21, 2021 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Duterte’s biggest flip-flops in 2021 President Rodrigo Duterte himself said in a speech in August that public officials are “mandated [by their oath of office] to tell the truth … even if the truth leaves [them] in ruins.” But what happens when the president says one thing today and then another, and then another the next time? By Meeko Angela Camba | Dec 20, 2021 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japan-PH partnership DID NOT use ‘Marcos’ blueprint for highway project There was no mention of any blueprint or contribution from Marcos. By VERA Files | Dec 18, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Marcos Jr.’s presidential bid props up pro-Marcos propaganda The types of Marcos propaganda circulating on social media mostly exaggerated myths on Marcos Sr. and his regime, featured denials of graft and corruption charges against the family, and vilified the administrations that came after 1986. By ENRICO BERDOS | Dec 18, 2021 | 9-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This P500 banknote design featuring a tarsier is FAKE An officer from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said the circulating banknote design was "edited." By VERA Files | Dec 17, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 10-year-old photos FALSELY passed off as the effects of Typhoon Odette They were taken in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sendong in December 2011. By VERA Files | Dec 17, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Bakulaw, Bakulam, Bakuna: The forms that COVID-19 vaccine disinformation took in 2021 As the Philippines ramped up coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in 2021, VERA Files fact-checked more than double of online disinformation about the vaccines, targeting safety and side effects. By Nica Rhiana Hanopol and Blanch Marie Ancla | Dec 17, 2021 | 10-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Former spox Roque’s claim on health care law authorship needs context Roque is only one among over a hundred other lawmakers listed as authors of the measure. By VERA FILES | Dec 17, 2021 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of typhoon Rolly WRONGLY circulated as ‘Odette’ by radio station, netizens The clip does not show the devastation caused by Odette, but of Super Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni), the strongest typhoon of 2020. By VERA FILES | Dec 17, 2021 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Comelec has NOT dismissed petitions vs Marcos Jr. The poll body has yet to issue a decision on any of the eight cancellation and disqualification cases against the former senator. By VERA Files | Dec 17, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages, netizens spread FAKE anti-Marcos quote card of Laoag mayor No official record or news report reflects such a remark by Keon. By VERA Files | Dec 16, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: SATIRE post on Bongbong-Sara caravan misleads Several netizens believed the satirical page was a legitimate news organization and accused it of “biased” reporting. By VERA Files | Dec 15, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 155 156 157 158 159 … 311 Older posts
