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 FACT CHECK: Duterte NOT back in Davao, still under ICC custody A video claiming former president Rodrigo Duterte has returned home to Davao City after his arrest and incarceration in The Netherlands is false. By VERA Files | Mar 26, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: No Torre-led police op in Davao, video is from 2024 Netizens posted a video claiming to show Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III back in Davao City for a police operation after Duterte's March 11 arrest. Not true. By VERA Files | Mar 26, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Quimbo did NOT urge PNP, DILG to ‘padlock’ INC churches in Marikina A fake quote card on FB claims that Rep. Stella Quimbo urged police and the DILG to "padlock" Iglesia Ni Cristo churches after Rodrigo Duterte's arrest. By VERA Files | Mar 26, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Blogger falsely claims PH uses water cannons in WPS Blogger Mark Lopez falsely claimed during a House tri-committee hearing that the Philippines “also uses” water cannons in defending its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea. By VERA Files | Mar 26, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO PNP memo preventing cops from supporting Duterte online Several posts online are misleading claiming that the PNP has a memo explicitly forbidding its personnel from voicing out support for Duterte. By VERA FILES | Mar 19, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of CIDG chief Torre dancing is FAKE The dancing video of CIDG chief Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III was edited using an AI-powered meme generator called Viggle.ai. By VERA Files | Mar 19, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Annalise Keating, Elle Woods, other fictional characters DID NOT defend Duterte vs ICC Quote cards attributed to movie and TV series characters defending Rodrigo Duterte have become viral online. These are fake. By VERA Files | Mar 19, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO petition in SC calling for Marcos resignation Multiple Facebook pages and users are claiming the Supreme Court was set to discuss a petition calling for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s resignation. This is false. By VERA FILES | Mar 19, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Liza Araneta-Marcos photo with ICC judges FALSE Several social media posts falsely claimed First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos has close ties with two of the ICC judges, Julia Motoc and Socorro Flores. By VERA FILES | Mar 19, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ICC charges vs Duterte NOT dismissed The ICC proceedings on Duterte and his bloody war on drugs are ongoing. By VERA FILES | Mar 18, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ‘Duterte kidnapped’ and other FALSE claims related to his arrest An FB post falsely claims that former president Rodrigo Duterte was "kidnapped" due to lack of documents of his arrest. By VERA FILES | Mar 18, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Clips show Catholic processions NOT protests for Duterte Clips of Catholic devotees during processions in Quiapo and Cebu City are being passed off as marches supporting former president Rodrigo Duterte. By VERA FILES | Mar 18, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 307 Older posts