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: Video about P1,000 cash aid for senior citizens NEEDS CONTEXT A YouTube video claimed that senior citizens would receive a P1,000 cash aid from the Philippine government. Not all seniors will receive this monetary assistance. By VERA Files | Mar 16, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Remulla did NOT jail Negros Oriental rep over gov’s slay A Facebook page is erroneously claiming that Justice Secretary Boying Remulla has ordered the imprisonment of Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. over the murder of his province’s governor, Roel Degamo. By VERA Files | Mar 15, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Divorce bill ok’d on House committee level, NOT yet law A video circulating on social media carried a misleading claim about divorce finally being “approved” in the Philippines. By VERA Files | Mar 15, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos DECEPTIVELY use doctors’ vlogs to promote magnetic underwear Four videos advertising magnetic underwear that allegedly enlarge one’s penis size illicitly used vlogs by Dr. Willie Ong and a medical doctor. There's no medical or scientific explanation to this claim. By VERA Files | Mar 14, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Petron’ 7k anniversary giveaway is FAKE Several links circulated via FB Messenger that redirect netizens to sites claiming Petron Corp. is giving away P7,000 for their 90th anniversary. By VERA Files | Mar 14, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of trike under collapsed building NOT from Davao de Oro quake A photo of a tricycle half-buried under a pile of rubble was included in a photo album, falsely passed off to show the damage caused by the recent Davao de Oro quake. By VERA Files | Mar 13, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE posts on KFC ‘financial favor’ giveaway fool netizens Multiple posts from a Facebook page claiming to be a fan page of KFC have promised to give away “financial favors.” By VERA Files | Mar 13, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Salceda’s remark that Philippines has ‘one of the lowest’ inflation rates in the world lacks context Compared to other Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines' inflation is the sixth highest recorded in 2022. Economic experts say that even if the Philippine economy posted growth, inflation grew faster since December. By VERA Files | Mar 13, 2023 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: There is NO Philippine arrest warrant vs Bill Gates A widely-circulated web article about a Philippine court ordering the arrest of American business magnate Bill Gates is fake. By VERA Files | Mar 9, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Phivolcs ‘prediction’ on possible killer quakes in Mindanao FAKE An announcement allegedly from Phivolcs stating that a “high-magnitude” earthquake may hit CDO or Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental is fake. By VERA Files | Mar 9, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video does NOT show U.S. troops in Pag-asa Island An old military exercise video is being passed off as a clip showing the U.S. Armed Forces recently “positioning” themselves in Pag-asa Island. Not true. By VERA Files | Mar 9, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO P1k monthly pension yet for indigent seniors this March A fake advisory claims senior citizens will start receiving P1,000 per month as pension starting this March. By VERA Files | Mar 9, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 80 81 82 83 84 … 292 Older posts
