Archive - FACT CHECK

Neither the INC nor NET25 has issued any statement on Marcos' alleged drug use, but SAGIP Party-List Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, a prominent INC member, did so.

Several YouTube videos are falsely claiming that the government's PUV modernization program has been suspended. This is not true.

Samsung did not withdraw its $1-billion advertising campaign with the Olympics. The story is satire, published by the American satirical website Esspots.

A Facebook page recirculated an old 2022 news article of President Marcos flying out of the Philippines as a typhoon hit the country.

A YouTube video bore a clickbait headline and thumbnail claiming that the F. Manalo Bridge broke into two during Typhoon Carina's onslaught. Not true.

An FB page posted a video falsely claiming that a massive flood reached the Luvers Eastwood Bridge in Montalban, Rizal.

Six impostors of WalterMart Supermarket on Facebook claimed to give away gift bags, smartphones, and shopping vouchers. These are all fake.

A photo of relief trucks from Davao City are circulating online, claiming these were going to victims of Typhoon Carina. This needs context.

Ads posted on FB claimed that President Bongbong Marcos and an agricultural scientist are promoting Super Seed Organic Fertilizer. These are fake.

A YouTube video falsely claims that the Department of Foreign Affairs has ordered Philippine vessels to leave the West Philippine Sea.

A Facebook post used a video of naturopathy practitioner Doc Atoie Arboleda and cloned his voice using AI to promote a fake health supplement.

An old news report is being recirculated online to claim that Kuwait has banned the entry of Filipinos. The ban came last year and has since been lifted.