Archive - FACT CHECK

Three-year-old clips of a maritime drill were passed off to claim that the China Coast Guard fired water cannons at the Philippine Coast Guard to drive them out of Pag-asa Island. 

Three FB pages are using the name of "Dr. Kilimanguru", a Filipino licensed physician with 4.1 million followers to promote a niacinamide toothpaste product.

A Facebook reel supposedly shows a throng of people rushing outside a building in the US in an attempt to escape a “zombie virus” plague. This is not true.

A YouTube video falsely claims that the administration cut P2.5 billion from UP's 2023 budget after recent protests at the Diliman campus.

A video falsely claims that the Indonesian government sunk 60 Chinese ships that were fishing in their territory last March 29. 

On March 29, Sen. Francis Tolentino said he had “accepted the proposal” to be counsel of his colleague, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

A video misleadingly insinuates that the general Filipino public can start receiving their pensions as early as 40 years old.

A video on FB is erroneously claiming that a cutter vessel of the United States Coast Guard fired at two Chinese ships for allegedly blocking the superpower’s vessel from entering the West Philippine Sea.

Two Filipino Facebook users shared TikTok videos allegedly showing Celine Dion on her deathbed. The woman in the video is not the Canadian singer. 

The MBC and FINEX did not explicitly say they are against amending the economic provisions of the Constitution. However, they opposed the mode preferred by the House to introduce amendments, emphasizing the high cost of constituting a Con-con and the timing to do it.

A Filipino Facebook page falsely claimed that the Indonesian navy has blown up a Chinese vessel illegally fishing in their country’s waters.

Four FB pages claimed that dozens of people fainted while buying Japanese mini air conditioners in Pasay. These rehashed claims from a previous scam modus are fake.