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: Duterte recalls termination of VFA with US following vaccine donations After declaring last year that he would “not renege” on his decision to terminate the country’s Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States (U.S.), President Rodrigo Duterte backtracked and reinstated the controversial military deal as a “concession” following the donation of COVID-19 vaccines by Washington. By VERA Files | Aug 6, 2021 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger makes FALSE claims on RT-PCR test, vaccines She gave a wrong interpretation of a recent announcement from the U.S. CDC. By VERA Files | Aug 5, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bongbong Marcos has NOT announced bid for presidency The video's publisher has been flagged by VERA Files 13 times. By VERA Files | Aug 5, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte makes false claim on ABS-CBN’s tax ‘violation’ In his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that media giant ABS-CBN has not been paying its taxes properly, adding that the network pays only a small percentage of its supposed property tax. This is false. By VERA Files | Aug 3, 2021 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s claim on Freedom of Information Act needs context President Rodrigo Duterte claimed in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26 that his 2016 order on freedom of information opened up to the public various types of government records and issuances. This needs context. By VERA Files | Aug 3, 2021 | 7-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post’s claim that ABS-CBN owes gov’t billions NEEDS CONTEXT The FB post and PNA’s July 26 report both need context, as Duterte’s claim is not true and has already been refuted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) at least twice last year. By VERA Files | Aug 3, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte DID NOT propose to rename NAIA The same false claim has circulated earlier this year, and in 2018. By VERA Files | Aug 2, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Revived quote of Enrile on oligarchy NEEDS CONTEXT The FB page, in its caption, misleadingly attributed Enrile's statement on oligarchs to Bongbong Marcos, whose photo was used in the graphic. By VERA Files | Aug 2, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte is wrong; South China Sea arbitral award binds China, too In his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte falsely claimed the 2016 arbitral award, which nullified China’s expansive nine-dash line claim over the South China Sea, does not bind Beijing. By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2021 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What happens to wasted COVID-19 vaccines? Locally, vaccine wastage often happens due to “oversight in the monitoring of vaccine storage temperatures." By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2021 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pacquiao graduated from CCAPS program in UMak; degree not fake The video based its claim on a July 5 column of Bobi Tiglao in the Manila Times. By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video citing reports on adverse effects of COVID-19 shots NEEDS CONTEXT A reverse image search showed that the FB page WE ARE AS ONE compiled two unrelated video reports published separately last April: By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 165 166 167 168 169 … 306 Older posts