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Category: FB FC

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB video does NOT show parents of alleged killer of Ranara in Kuwait

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 04, 2023 8:30 AM

    A video is circulating on Facebook (FB) purportedly showing the parents of the alleged killer of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara pleading for the life of their child. This is not true. The video is about a different case in Iran.

    Jullebee Ranara, overseas filipino workers

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DepEd to revise, NOT abolish K to 12

    By vera files fact check  |  Feb 02, 2023 8:26 PM

    Two days after Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte delivered the Basic Education Report (BER) 2023 on Jan. 30, a YouTube video falsely claimed that she, along with President […]

    deped, false, K to 12, Sara Duterte-Carpio, video, YouTube

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video about Kuwait deployment ban MISLEADS

    By vera files fact check  |  Feb 02, 2023 2:21 PM

    Contrary to a post shared on TikTok and Facebook (FB), there is no deployment ban to Kuwait following the murder of 35-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara.  “The [Department […]

    Jullebee Ranara, misleading, OFW community, OFW in Kuwait, Tiktok, video

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral TikTok videos DO NOT show suspect, suspect’s mother in OFW’s rape-slay

    By vera files fact check  |  Feb 02, 2023 2:02 PM

    Viral TikTok videos supposedly showing the suspect and his mother, in the rape and murder of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara in Kuwait are false. The man and woman […]

    false, OFW, OFW community, OFW in Kuwait, Tiktok, video

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of woman eating sausage with human flesh NEEDS CONTEXT

    By vera files fact check  |  Feb 02, 2023 11:48 AM

    A video allegedly showing a woman consuming a sausage containing human flesh is currently circulating among Filipinos on Facebook (FB) and TikTok. It was a prank, yet many netizens took […]

    human flesh, needs context, Tiktok

  • Infographic: The person shown in the FB reel is NOT the suspect behind the killing of Jullebee Ranara, an OFW who was killed and abandoned in the middle of a desert in Kuwait.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB video shows wrong suspect, NOT alleged killer of OFW in Kuwait

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 01, 2023 2:38 PM

    Amid news of the brutal killing of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara whose charred remains were left in the middle of a Kuwaiti desert, a video circulated on Facebook (FB) showing her alleged murderer. This is not true. The footage is that of a suspect in a teen murder case in the U.S. in 2019.

    OFW in Kuwait, overseas filipino workers

  • 012723 FALSE 399 year old woman
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE video of 399-year-old woman’s death spread online

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 01, 2023 1:11 PM

    Netizens, including Filipinos, are sharing and interacting with a Facebook (FB) Reel falsely stating that a 399-year-old woman recently passed away. There is no one on record who has yet reached that age and the person in the video was actually a 109-year-old man.


  • 013023 FALSE GMA Network closure
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT closing down GMA Network

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 31, 2023 2:06 PM

    A YouTube video’s headline and thumbnail claim President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos ordered the closure of media giant GMA Network Inc. This is not true, but a mere clickbait.

    GMA Network, Media

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video carries FALSE claims on Maharlika fund, Marcos wealth

    By vera files fact check  |  Jan 30, 2023 5:32 PM

    A YouTube video made a number of untrue claims about the purported wealth of the Marcos family and the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF).   Below, VERA Files Fact Check debunks […]

    Maharlika Wealth Fund, marcos, Marcos wealth

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB videos peddle FAKE claims of ‘zombie outbreak’ in China

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 30, 2023 11:59 AM

    A Facebook (FB) page and netizen are alleging that China is currently experiencing a “zombie outbreak” that is being concealed by their government. This is not true. The videos were […]


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