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: Apollo Quiboloy takes back support for Marcos, asks him to resign After supporting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his candidacy for the 2022 presidential election, pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ sect now calls for his resignation. By VERA Files | Feb 26, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Romualdez NOT sentenced to life imprisonment This video emerged a week after both Romualdez and Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri shook hands and agreed to stop the word war between the two chambers of Congress. By VERA FILES | Feb 24, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: China did NOT bomb Scarborough Three YouTube videos are claiming that China has supposedly bombed Scarborough Shoal. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 23, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: New Zealand DID NOT gift Philippine Navy a warship A YouTube video claims that New Zealand recently handed over its warship HMNZS Aotearoa to the Philippines. This is false. By VERA FILES | Feb 23, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos, Senate did NOT tag Romualdez as wanted individual A YouTube video is claiming that Speaker Romualdez has been tagged as a wanted individual by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Senate. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 23, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: Mindanao secession: Is it possible under Philippine, international laws and UN process? Former president Rodrigo Duterte raised the idea of Mindanao seceding from the Philippines, saying that local political forces would be regrouping in Davao to establish a movement for Mindanao independence. By VERA Files | Feb 23, 2024 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ICC NOT barred from entering PH A video on YouTube is falsely claiming that the Philippine government has ordered to block officials from the International Criminal Court from entering the country. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 22, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Minimum wage NOT increased to P1K A YouTube video is claiming that the daily minimum wage in the country will be increased to P1,000. This is misleading. By VERA FILES | Feb 22, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte NOT replacing Romualdez as new House speaker This is not true. Duterte, who was not elected to Congress, cannot be appointed as speaker of the House of Representatives. By VERA FILES | Feb 21, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video shows plastic being recycled, NOT ‘fake rice’ Two copies published on TikTok and Facebook as early as November last year showed plastic waste being processed at a recycling plant. They made no claims that the product would be sold as food. By VERA FILES | Feb 21, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: What does being in the FATF’s ‘gray list’ mean? The Philippines was placed on the gray list after the FATF identified 18 deficiencies that the government must resolve to effectively counter money laundering and terrorism financing in the country. By VERA Files | Feb 20, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT meet with ex-president Duterte in Davao A YouTube video is claiming that President Bongbong Marcos and former president Rodrigo Duterte met in Davao City recently, supposedly to patch things up after their recent word war. This misleads. By VERA FILES | Feb 19, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 37 38 39 40 41 … 292 Older posts