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 SHEET: Does ethnicity matter in vaccine trials? Experts say yes but it’s not sole factor Although there has been no conclusive data yet on the safety and efficacy of some candidate vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), top government officials have already vouched for their effectiveness. By VERA Files | Jan 26, 2021 | 10-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERAfied: A DIY guide to fact-checking and fighting misinformation and disinformation 2021 edition of DIY guide to fact-checking and fighting misinformation and disinformation. By VERA Files | Jan 26, 2021 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Oblation Run photo ALTERED, not a protest vs communists The original photo showed the demonstrators raising blank plywood signboards. By VERA Files | Jan 26, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: To boost trust in Sinovac, Roque repeatedly cites wrong data In at least three separate briefings, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque misstated the interim clinical trial results of Indonesia on CoronaVac, a vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) developed by Chinese firm Sinovac BioTech. By VERA Files | Jan 25, 2021 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Miriam Quiambao-Roberto shares misleading, inaccurate claims on copper face masks, COVID virus In promoting the use of copper-infused face masks amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao-Roberto shared in her Facebook status on Jan. 6 a “forwarded message” that cited faulty reasoning on the ability of copper to “disinfect virus and bacteria.” By VERA Files | Jan 25, 2021 | 10-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on arrest of Christine Dacera’s ‘rapist-killer’ NOT TRUE The case of Dacera, who was found dead in a Makati City hotel following a New Year’s Eve celebration, remains unresolved. By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No ‘total lockdown’ in Luzon, entire country No such announcements have been made by the president nor the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque DID NOT say ‘poor have no right to choose’ COVID-19 vaccine brand The presidential spokesperson on his official FB page also decried the quote card as "fake." By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of ‘new Manila Bay’ with wider, longer dolomite beach FAKE A sea vessel, two excavators, and other tools used for the rehabilitation of the bay were also edited out of the original image and digitally covered with sand. By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DEATH HOAX on Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes still circulating despite denial Despite denials from his family, the post is still drawing interest among netizens who continue to share the hoax. By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tweet about Tito Sotto computing COVID-19 vaccine efficacy a SATIRE Its publisher said the post is “a joke” and a “satire.” By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘FB post’ of Renato Reyes bad-mouthing PWDs FAKE The Bayan secretary-general said he “never made such comments.” By VERA Files | Jan 22, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 173 174 175 176 177 … 293 Older posts