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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post red-tags Angel Locsin with UNSUPPORTED claims

No news reports support either of its claims.

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Jul 3, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cimatu falsely claims PH was an American Commonwealth during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu inaccurately claimed that the Philippines was a commonwealth of the United States (U.S) when the Spanish flu ravaged the world in 1918.

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Jul 3, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Actor Chuck Norris did NOT die of COVID-19

This post is fake. Don't believe it.

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Jul 3, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Piolo Pascual was NOT killed by carjackers

The artist is alive and well.

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Jul 3, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: There’s NO Supreme Court order for ‘overall shutdown of ABS-CBN’

The misleading video muddled a statement from Solicitor General Jose Calida.

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Jul 3, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What is tuob or steam inhalation therapy?

Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia earned the ire of netizens and health experts for publicly shaming doctors who criticized a local memorandum urging provincial officials and employees to perform “tuob” or steam inhalation as means to help contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

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Jul 2, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Foreign journo’s question to Ressa taken OUT OF CONTEXT

Sakur was only enumerating the “allegations” against the Filipino journalist.

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Jun 30, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Badoy red-tags nun; incorrectly labels NDF a terror group, again

Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy repeated a wrong claim when she said the National Democratic Front (NDF) of the Philippines is a terrorist group while linking activist Sr. Mary John Mananzan to the organization.

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Jun 30, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: House hearing on ABS-CBN franchise was postponed, NOT ‘cancelled’

The deliberations were moved from June 22 to 29.

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Jun 30, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo DID NOT SAY this about teen pregnancies in the country

This post is fake. Don't believe it.

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Jun 29, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Trillanes DID NOT ask Pinoys to overthrow the government

This post is fake. Don't believe it.

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Jun 29, 2020

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This girl was a 2014 victim of domestic abuse, NOT COVID-19

The uncensored image was taken in the United States long before COVID-19 was discovered.

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Jun 27, 2020

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