Archive - FACT CHECK

Press freedom in the Philippines does not fare better than Singapore and Malaysia, according to the Paris-based World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders.

What is universal periodic review (UPR) of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and its relevance to improving the human rights situation in the country? Here are five things you should know.

Facebook scammers are at it again, this time posting fake promotions about an online sale of air conditioners.

Several Facebook pages are fraudulently promoting a milk supplement that claims to treat diabetes in just under a week. 

A video falsely claims suspended BuCor chief Gerald Bantag was flagged at an airport and made to admit involvement in the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid.

An impostor Facebook page is using medical practitioner Liza Ramoso-Ong to endorse a lotus root powder that allegedly helps people lose weight.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recent pronouncement on granting cash assistance and subsidies amid the COVID-19 pandemic runs counter to Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s view on the matter.

A YouTube video claimed the Philippines’ first nuclear submarine has arrived. This is not true. The Philippines has not acquired any submarine recently.

Several Facebook pages are spreading a video of a statue of the Virgin Mary being swept away by flood water along a busy street. This is fake.

A video on Facebook claims that suspended Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag has been reinstated. This is false.

A YouTube video shows a collapsed building supposedly due to the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit Abra, last month. It's misleading. 

A video falsely claims that a supposed case implicating a former BuCor director in the murder of broadcast journalist Percy Lapid has been junked.