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: Post claiming VP Robredo ‘will be axed’ from office FALSE The Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal, made no such announcement. By VERA Files | Oct 14, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: UN body DID NOT ‘defend’ Duterte’s war on drugs nor ‘slam’ his critics The UN Human Rights Council did not declare that Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs “broke no laws." By VERA Files | Oct 14, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming WHO ‘reversed’ its advice on lockdowns FALSE A WHO official has clarified that they have not made any changes in their stance. By VERA Files | Oct 14, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte backtracks on having killed During his nationwide address on Oct. 5, President Rodrigo Duterte contradicted his own past pronouncements in claiming that he has “not killed” nor has ever ordered a hit on anyone. By VERA Files | Oct 14, 2020 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts revive FALSE ‘official’ tally showing Bongbong Marcos won vice presidency The National Board of Canvassers recorded 14.42 million votes for Robredo and 14.16 million votes for Marcos. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bong Go goes back and forth on how to treat drug addicts Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go changed his view once more on how drug-addicted individuals should be dealt with, saying in a Sept. 29 Senate hearing that they must be treated as “victims in dire need of assistance.” By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2020 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This NPA guerilla is NOT Sarah Elago The woman in the four-year-old image was an NPA guerilla using the nom de guerre Comrade Katyrn. By VERA Files | Oct 10, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming two ways to wear medical masks NOT TRUE Several health authorities say the same thing: wear the colored side facing outwards. By VERA Files | Oct 9, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages revive FALSE Elago quote card addressing parents The statement is in fact a rough Filipino translation of some lines from a poem by Lebanese-American author Kahlil Gibran. By VERA Files | Oct 9, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, nasal swab testing DOES NOT damage blood-brain barrier The swab inserted through the nose allegedly “damages” the endocrine glands and “breaks” the blood-brain barrier, allowing infections to reach the brain. This is not true. This claim has been debunked by multiple health experts. By VERA Files | Oct 9, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post comparing Manila Bay rehab budget to multiple gov’t projects NEEDS CONTEXT The post misleads with its budget figures of the on-going Manila Bay rehabilitation and recent government projects.These figures are inaccurate and need context. By VERA Files | Oct 7, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another FB post spreads FALSE comparison of housing under ‘disente’ vs ‘bastos’ time The “after” image, showing colorful, developed houses, was taken over a decade ago and more than six years before President Rodrigo Duterte took office. By VERA Files | Oct 6, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 182 183 184 185 186 … 292 Older posts
