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: Video of Kris Aquino saying she’ll sue hospital where PNoy died is FAKE Kris Aquino, who leads a public life on social media, made no such statement in any of her accounts or to any media organization. By VERA Files | Jun 29, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Party-list group’s FB post on ivermectin use for COVID-19 needs context Bagong Henerasyon Party-list, in its official Facebook (FB) page, claimed that doctors are now allowed to prescribe ivermectin to their patients, citing a statement by Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. This needs context. By VERA Files | Jun 29, 2021 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte did NOT go to PNoy’s wake Duterte’s absence during Aquino’s wake and inurnment was noted by several media organizations. By VERA Files | Jun 29, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Comelec spox is NOT being removed The false claim was based on comments posted by netizens on social media. By VERA Files | Jun 28, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Opposition NOT AGAINST LRT-2 East extension This particular project was approved during the term of the late President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. By VERA Files | Jun 25, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video FALSELY claims COVID-19 vaccine, testing implant ‘barcode for life’ It also carried other claims similar to conspiracy theories already debunked by VERA Files Fact Check. By VERA Files | Jun 24, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto claim on safety of unvaccinated persons in the company of those vaccinated NEEDS CONTEXT Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III implicitly claimed that unvaccinated persons against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have nothing to fear if they are surrounded by fully vaccinated individuals. This needs context. By VERA Files | Jun 23, 2021 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts MISLEAD with 2018 ‘before Duterte’ photo of Manila Bay The ‘before’ photo, carried by the June 17 posts of Duterte Social Media Supporter and one other netizen, was published originally by local media network UNTV in August 2018, or two years into Duterte's term. By VERA Files | Jun 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque’s claim that ‘only’ Duterte acquired new frigates for AFP lacks context Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque’s claim that “only” President Rodrigo Duterte has given the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) two brand new frigates as part of the military’s modernization program needs context. By VERA Files | Jun 22, 2021 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: COVID-19 vaccines that use mRNA are NOT ‘toxic’ to organs There is also “no scientific evidence available that suggests that spike proteins created in our bodies from the COVID-19 vaccines are toxic or damaging [to] our organs,” according to a team of health experts from global technology nonprofit Meedan. By VERA Files | Jun 22, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque claims without evidence that Joma Sison sued Duterte in ICC Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque claimed without evidence that Jose Maria “Joma” Sison, founding chairperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was among those who submitted a communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. By VERA Files | Jun 22, 2021 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming ICC’s Bensouda will be imprisoned NOT TRUE The threat was attributed to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, but he never said this. By VERA Files | Jun 18, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 169 170 171 172 173 … 306 Older posts
