Archive - FACT CHECK

Videos of celebrities Lea Salonga and Sharon Cuneta promoting a “natural” cure for diabetes are fake and altered using AI.

Two videos on YouTube are falsely claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos removed Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro from his post amid alleged calls for his resignation.

A YouTube video falsely claims that Sen. Lito Lapid has resigned from the Senate.

A Manila Times news article inaccurately reported that the Supreme Court wanted to "compel" Congress to pass an anti-dynasty law.

A clip of a truck suspended on a collapsed bridge in Guatemala is being passed off by netizens as a scene from Bukidnon.

A viral FB reel suggests that all students in the country will receive financial assistance from the government. This needs context.

The DepEd has backtracked on its stand in April that public schools cannot immediately revert to the old academic calendar.

Although the NTC had issued a cease and desist order against SMNI’s radio and television operations, its franchise remains legally valid.

Snippets from a military exercise in Poland were misleadingly passed off as the United States forces in the West Philippine Sea amid rising tensions with China.

A misleading FB reel claims that a China Coast Guard ship has recently arrived in the Philippines for a goodwill visit.

A YouTube video falsely claimed that Sen. Lito Lapid has been expelled and imprisoned for his alleged connection to illegal POGO hubs.

A TikTok video suggests that a powerful ‘Typhoon Beryl’ will make landfall in the Philippines. Not true.