Archive - FACT CHECK

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. falsely claimed that he “has not touched” the ill-gotten wealth cases filed against his family post-EDSA.

Former president Rodrigo Duterte has repeated a false claim that the U.S. still has military bases in the Philippines.

The Philippine Coast Guard warned people against fake recruitment announcements on Facebook promising a salary of P43,800.

A satirical post on X (formerly Twitter) claimed that Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio was dismissed from the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

A video of cardiologist Doc Willie Ong promoting a product that allegedly treats whooping cough or pertussis was uploaded on Facebook. This advertisement is fake and uses clips altered through AI.

In less than two months, former president Rodrigo Duterte went from denying that he described President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a “drug addict” to claiming he was the first to call the chief executive that.

Halos doble ng kasalukuyang basic pay ng teachers ang panukalang dagdag sa buwanang sweldo nila, mula P27,000 hanggang P50,000, para raw makahabol sa sobrang taas ng presyo ng mga bilihin.

When completed, the Cavite-Bataan Interlink Bridge will be the second longest in the Philippines, but it is nowhere near the longest in the world, as Marcos claimed.

In a joint statement, the four nations said that the show of force was to "uphold the right to freedom of navigation and overflight, and respect for maritime rights under international law."

A video on YouTube claims that the U.S. has dispatched its marine forces to help the Philippines protect its territory against China. This is not true.

Marcos was “horrified” that an alleged agreement between Duterte and China may have “compromised” the territory, the sovereignty and the sovereign rights of the Philippines.

Yet another video promoting an unregistered product has circulated on Facebook, this time using artificial intelligence to manipulate a video of cardiologist Willie Ong.