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: FAKE Robinsons Supermarket page posts bogus giveaway of refrigerators A Facebook page claiming to be a fan page of Robinsons Supermarket is luring Filipinos into a fake giveaway of refrigerators. By VERA Files | Feb 23, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jinggoy Estrada’s statement on ICC complementarity principle misleads The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I noted that the investigation of the drug war done by the Philippine government covered only “low-ranking” police officers and failed to probe into the systemic nature of the crimes or identify the “most responsible” officials. By VERA Files | Feb 22, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on ICC jurisdiction needs context Marcos is the latest and the highest public official who put into question ICC’s jurisdiction to investigate the drug-related killings under the Duterte administration. By VERA Files | Feb 22, 2023 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos, Quiboloy did NOT shut down UP Diliman Another YouTube video is claiming that UP Diliman has been closed down, this time by President Bongbong Marcos and pastor Apollo Quiboloy. This is not true. By VERA Files | Feb 22, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato wrongly claims he is ‘co-accused’ with Duterte in ICC probe Although Dela Rosa and former president Rodrigo Duterte were named in the request of former ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for an investigation into the killings related to the drug war, no suspects have yet been identified in the probe. By VERA Files | Feb 21, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: How do bike lanes affect traffic? A Social Weather Stations survey in 2022 showed that one in four Filipino households owned a bicycle. The figure is higher in Metro Manila, where one in three households had a bike. By VERA Files | Feb 20, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Palace memo on 2-day salary deduction for gov’t workers FAKE An alleged memorandum from Malacañang stating that all government workers will get a salary deduction to bankroll the President’s aid fund for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria is fake. By VERA Files | Feb 20, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old building demolition video WRONGLY linked to Turkey quake A video of a building demolition in Saudi Arabia was posted on Tiktok and passed off as part of the devastation caused by the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey. A reverse image search shows that this was actually taken in Saudi Arabia. By vera files fact check | Feb 20, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: More BOGUS ads on Lung Cleaner Tritydo circulate A product called Lung Cleaner Tritydo is being falsely advertised again on FB despite being debunked before over bogus claims that it could treat asthma, pneumonia, and bronchitis. By VERA Files | Feb 16, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Senate NOT abolishing K-12 program A video on YouTube is erroneously claiming that the Senate has passed an “immediate order” to remove the K to 12 education system. By VERA Files | Feb 16, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Marcos gold’ not discussed during Japan visit A YouTube video used a photo collage to falsely claim that Marcos gold documents were released during the visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Japan. By VERA Files | Feb 16, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Remulla NOT removed as Justice sec Another video falsely claims that Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla is being let go. Not true. By VERA Files | Feb 16, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 83 84 85 86 87 … 292 Older posts
