Archive - FACT CHECK

A news release from the Presidential Communications Office on April 13 said the National Food Authority (NFA) was proposing to import 330,000 metric tons of rice to cover a projected deficit in the country’s emergency buffer stock.

A YouTube channel is touting a conspiracy theory that the late President Noynoy Aquino faked his death in an attempt to boost the candidacy of former Vice President Leni Robredo in the 2022 elections.

While Marcos did not extend the state of calamity which ended in 2022, he has yet to lift the state of public health emergency which remains in effect.

As questions arise on whether the offenses filed against Teves constitute terrorism, VERA Files Fact Check looks into various definitions of the crime.

Hindi totoo na puwede nang dumiretso ng college ang mga grade 10 pagtapos mag-high-school dahil binasura na ang K to 12. Mali ito. 

Several Facebook pages posted ads featuring doctors Willie and Liza Ong, for a cream called Perfectx that allegedly cures a wide range of orthopedic disorders. These are scams.

A video passed off an old photo of the Japan Coast Guard firing a water cannon at a North Korean fishing vessel to claim that the incident was between the Philippine Coast Guard and a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea. This is not true.

Netizens are circulating a fake quote card of Vice President Sara Duterte allegedly telling teachers to hold back their criticism over slow and outdated laptops allegedly purchased by DepEd.

A video posted on YouTube used an old clip and claimed to show the Philippine Coast Guard driving away a Vietnamese fishing vessel in Palawan. This is false. 

A TikTok video falsely claims that where a one-child policy is in effect, children of couples with more than one offspring are incinerated.

As extremely hot weather continues to fire up the Philippines, another ad for a Japanese air conditioner has gone viral on Facebook. This is a scam.

Three videos on social media carried erroneous claims related to former senator Manny Pacquiao’s loss in a legal battle with Paradigm Sports Management.