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Category: FB FC

  • SAY WHAT: The Facebook reel does not show the suspect behind the killing of FIlipino overseas worker Jullebee Ranara. This 2014 video shows a mother hugging her son who was deceived by religious preachers into joining the war in Syria.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of 17-year-old Saudi boy NOT Jullebee Ranara’s killer

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 09, 2023 2:33 PM

    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.

    Jullebee Ranara, OFW

  • SAY WHAT: The elderly woman in the photo is not Italian Anatolia Vertadella who allegedly gave birth to her 17th child. The photo, first posted on March 19, 2015, actually shows 101-year-old American Rosa Camfield with her great-granddaughter Kaylee Rowland.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This is NOT a photo of a 101-year-old woman holding her newborn child

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 09, 2023 12:33 PM

    Netizens, including Filipinos, are sharing a Facebook post falsely claiming that a 101-year-old woman gave birth to a child, supposedly her 17th.


  • SAY WHAT: On June 3, Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said his country is not seeking conflict. Japan encountered Chinese warships near its territorial waters in 2022, not recently.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video about Japan-China conflict NEEDS CONTEXT

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 08, 2023 11:23 AM

    A video using old news reports is insinuating an escalating conflict between Japan and China.

    China, Japan

  • SAY WHAT: The Philippines is not among the countries that use the 35 millimeter Oerlikon GDF anti-aircraft guns, according to the United States military’s OE Data Integration Network (ODIN).
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PH does NOT have Oerlikon 35mm anti-aircraft guns

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 08, 2023 9:49 AM

    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.

    AFP, Oerlikon 35mm anti-aircraft guns

  • SAY WHAT: Mercury Drug is not giving away an “Independence Day Medical Subsidy” worth P7,000. The pharmacy chain has disowned the fake links. Other bogus sites holding fake company giveaways also previously circulated in the Philippines and other countries.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Mercury Drug’ P7k medical subsidy is FAKE

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 08, 2023 9:17 AM

    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.

    medical subsidy, Mercury Drug, scam

  • SAY WHAT: Unveiled only recently, Japan’s Overseas Security Assistance (OSA) aims to bolster defense capabilities of recipient developing countries like the Philippines, but will not include the purchase of lethal equipment. The OSA has yet to be implemented.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japan is NOT moving weapons to PH

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 07, 2023 4:41 PM

    A YouTube video claimed that Japan is currently transferring weapons to the Philippines, causing alarm in China. This is not true.

    Japan, Overseas Security Assistance, Philippines

  • SAY WHAT: This Facebook reel of an alleged fake cabbage sold as food was not taken in the Philippines. This was taken in Japan in 2014, showing several food wax displays made for restaurants there. It is not meant for consumption.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Fake cabbage’ video shows wax display NOT for eating

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 07, 2023 10:30 AM

    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.

    fake cabbage

  • SAY WHAT: The drone firing missiles in the video is not made in the Philippines. The clips show the Royal Air Force’s Jackal drone designed by Flyby Technology, a company based in the United Kingdom.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video DOES NOT show an ‘attack drone made in the Philippines’

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 07, 2023 10:24 AM

    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.

    drone firing missiles

  • SAY WHAT: President Bongbong Marcos has not appointed former president Rodrigo Duterte to any position in Malacañang. In a May 31 interview, Duterte rejected calls to become the Marcos administration’s anti-drug czar.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte NOT back in Malacañang as anti-drug czar

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 06, 2023 11:46 AM

    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.

    Rodrigo Duterte

  • The submarine in the video is not Philippine-made. The clip shows USS Indiana (SSN 789), a nuclear-powered submarine manufactured by Newport News Shipbuilding in the United States.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: The submarine in the video is NOT ‘Pinoy-made’

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 06, 2023 11:13 AM

    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.

    Pinoy-made, submarine

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