VERA Files
Making the rounds on Facebook this week is another video falsely linked to the killing of overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara. The short clip features a young Saudi Arabian returning from war.
Netizens, including Filipinos, are sharing a Facebook post falsely claiming that a 101-year-old woman gave birth to a child, supposedly her 17th.
A video using old news reports is insinuating an escalating conflict between Japan and China.
Two videos claimed that the Philippines acquired 35 millimeter (mm) Oerlikon GDF anti-aircraft guns, and that these were fired during a military exercise. This is not true.
Bogus sites promising netizens cash prizes have resurfaced, this time claiming that the Mercury Drug Corporation is giving away a “medical subsidy” worth P7,000. This is a scam and the company has disowned the circulating links.
A YouTube video claimed that Japan is currently transferring weapons to the Philippines, causing alarm in China. This is not true.
A short video on Facebook is misleading netizens, claiming that certain “fake cabbages” are being sold in the country. The clip was taken from an old video showing several wax displays in Japan and were not being marketed as food.
A YouTube channel and a Facebook page uploaded a video of a drone firing missiles and claimed it was manufactured in the Philippines. This is not true. A company based in the United Kingdom designed the aerial vehicle in the video.
A YouTube video’s headline and thumbnail erroneously claim that President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the appointment of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte as his administration’s anti-drug czar. Not true.
A YouTube channel posted a video of a submarine in a shipyard and claimed it was Philippine-made. This is false. Shown in the clip is a naval vessel built by an American shipbuilding company.