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: Chinese 10-dash line map does NOT cover entire PH Two YouTube videos falsely claimed that the new 10-dash line map of China has included the entire Philippines as part of its territory. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos, Duterte order to close UP Diliman A week before UP Diliman opened classes, two YouTube videos falsely claimed that President Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte had shut down the university. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on Marcos ASEAN leadership MISLEADS After the Philippines expressed readiness to host the 2026 ASEAN Summit, three YouTube videos emerged claiming that President Bongbong Marcos was chosen as the new leader of the regional bloc. This needs context. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: Why is government underspending a problem? The Department of Information and Communications Technology topped the list of agencies that had low fund use with only a 5.6% utilization rate. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on surge in rice prices contradicts EO This contradicts Marcos’ Executive Order (EO) No. 39 which cited a report from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Industry that “global events” have also influenced the price surge. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: TikTok influencer echoes First Gen claim that natural gas is the ‘cleanest-burning of all fossil fuels,’ which needs context The United Nations Environment Programme notes that methane is a hazardous gas and is 80 times more potent at warming the Earth than CO2 over a 20-year period. By VERA Files | Sep 8, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages sell FAKE milk product for lung detox A milk product that allegedly detoxifies and cleans the lungs being promoted by four Facebook pages. These are bogus claims. By VERA Files | Sep 8, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens fall for FAKE P7K ‘DSWD’ giveaway A graphic circulating on Facebook claimed that the DSWD will give out a P7,000-monthly allowance for all Filipinos as part of its “Pantawid Gutom Program.” This is fake. There is no such program. By VERA Files | Sep 8, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ad for FAKE gallstone ‘cure’ circulates, uses doctors’ names A Facebook page posted a video advertisement for a product called Innercure supposedly endorsed by cardiologist Willie Ong and his general practitioner wife Liza Ramoso-Ong. This is fake. By VERA Files | Sep 8, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT retrieve $987B from Belgian bank A Facebook Reel is claiming that President Bongbong Marcos has recovered a bank account in Belgium that supposedly contains billions of dollars. This is fake. By VERA Files | Sep 8, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PH did NOT create its own NATO A YouTube video falsely claimed that the Philippines has established a military alliance with the U.S., Japan and Australia similar to NATO. By VERA Files | Sep 8, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE TikTok video on California quake reshared on FB A TikTok video claimed that a magnitude 11.9 earthquake struck California on Aug. 24. Not true. No quake of such size has ever hit any place, and the clip that was shown occurred in Japan 12 years ago. By VERA Files | Sep 8, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 73 74 75 76 77 … 308 Older posts
