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 FACT CHECK: FAKE ad claims bee venom cream can heal joint pain The page that posted the video is an impostor. The clip of Dr. John Anthony Dueñas was edited with artificial intelligence. Dueñas said he does not endorse any product. By VERA FILES | May 28, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: A 2022 photo of Dela Rosa with Duterte passed off as recent ‘visit in The Hague’ Netizens are circulating a 2022 photo of Sen. Bato Dela Rosa with former president Rodrigo Duterte, falsely claiming that it was during a recent visit of the reelected senator at the ICC detention facility in The Hague, Netherlands. By VERA FILES | May 28, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO P5,000 ‘barangay payout’ from Malasakit Centers A Facebook post is claiming that all Malasakit Centers will be distributing P5,000 payout in barangay halls. This is a scam. By VERA Files | May 28, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Clip of Marcos Sr. criticizing Bongbong FABRICATED A Facebook reel shows the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. supposedly criticizing his son, President Bongbong Marcos. This is fake. By VERA FILES | May 27, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Photo of ‘Isulan City International Airport’ in Sultan Kudarat FAKE A fake photo of an international airport supposedly constructed in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat is making rounds on Facebook. By VERA FILES | May 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ICC Chief Prosecutor did NOT resign ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan is on temporary leave, contrary to a misleading claim that he resigned. By VERA Files | May 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video NOT of Filipino climber who died on Mt. Everest Filipino netizens are circulating a clip supposedly showing retrieval operations for Filipino mountaineer and engineer Philipp "PJ" Santiago II who died while preparing for his Mt. Everest summit push this May. The video is false. By VERA Files | May 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: P5K social pension for senior citizens NOT yet a law The bill granting P5,000 social pension to all senior citizens has not yet been signed into law, contrary to the claim in a YouTube video. By VERA FILES | May 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Nigerian Prince Frees Duterte from ICC detention SATIRE A Facebook post claiming that former president Rodrigo Duterte was freed by the International Criminal Court after a speech from a Nigerian prince is satire. By VERA Files | May 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Bong Go, Malasakit Centers NOT giving out P5K for school supplies, allowances A newly created Facebook page is circulating a graphic claiming that Senator-elect Bong Go and the Malasakit Centers are giving out P5,000 for school supplies and allowance to students. This is fake. By VERA FILES | May 26, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: 1.4 million people overvoted for senators on May 12, NOT 16-17 million Posts online are claiming that over 17 million Filipinos overvoted on May 12. Comelec said the actual figure is only 1.4 million. By VERA Files | May 23, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Post on Marcoleta’s free electricity promise NEEDS CONTEXT A Facebook post claims that monthly electricity bills of P2,000 and below are now free of charge, citing Senator-elect Rodante Marcoleta's campaign promise. This needs context. By VERA FILES | May 23, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 322 Older posts