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Category: FB FC

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: BSP DID NOT issue P500 Marcos Sr. banknote

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 10, 2023 11:28 PM

    A YouTube video claims Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) newly released a P500 bill bearing the face of former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. This claim is fake.  Posted on Jan. […]

    BSP, Ferdinand Marcos, P500

  • Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO data supporting Omicron XBB variant is ‘5x’ deadlier than Delta

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 10, 2023 11:18 PM

    With the rise of COVID-19 cases overseas, a text post is spreading among Filipinos on social media and private messaging platforms claiming the new COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5 is more lethal […]

    COVID-19

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Uncategorized

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: CNN Philippines, DOH disown FAKE exposé on ‘hidden hypertension cure’

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 10, 2023 11:17 AM

    Several netizens and a Facebook (FB) page are spreading links to a counterfeit “CNN Philippines” news report on a hypertension cure deliberately concealed from patients. First posted on Jan. 1, […]

    CNN Philippines, Rosario Vergeire

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sandro Marcos DID NOT call Filipinos ‘entitled’ over flight delays

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 10, 2023 10:40 AM

    A quote card where Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos allegedly said Filipinos who complain over “small matters” such as flight delays are “entitled” is spreading […]

    fake quote card, Sandro Marcos

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Neypro 1 Gold is NOT approved by FDA

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 09, 2023 3:13 PM

    A video on Facebook (FB) is peddling a milk supplement that claims to cure kidney-related diseases, insomnia and joint and back pain. The supplement is not on the Food and […]

    scam

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE advice about taking daily showers reemerges

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 09, 2023 2:07 PM

    A netizen reshared a five-year-old video which claimed that taking a shower daily negatively affects the body. This is not true, according to dermatologists. Fact-checking organization The Healthy Indian Project […]

    showering

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another FAKE ad uses Doc Willie Ong’s name to promote weight loss cereal

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 09, 2023 11:08 AM

    An impostor Facebook (FB) page using the name of cardiologist Willie Ong posted a video promoting a cereal product that allegedly helps consumers lose weight.  Ong is not endorsing MEIZOU […]

    scam, Willie Ong

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bogus CNN PH pages being used to promote FAKE diabetes cure

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 05, 2023 4:01 PM

    (UPDATED) Four Facebook pages posted links to impostor CNN Philippines webpages allegedly advertising a drug for diabetes that normalizes blood sugar levels within 10 minutes. “We have looked into this, […]

    CNN Philippines, diabetes

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hontiveros NOT involved in 2014 PhilHealth bonus mess

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 05, 2023 3:48 PM

    A video on YouTube falsely claims that the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered Sen. Risa Hontiveros to return pilfered funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). The senator is […]

    PhilHealth, Risa Hontiveros

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: New Kris Aquino death HOAX spreads on New Year’s day

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 05, 2023 12:33 PM

    A fake report about the death of celebrity Kris Aquino garnered over 452,000 views as Filipinos welcomed the new year. Posted Jan. 1 on YouTube and Facebook, the video carried […]

    death hoax, Kris Aquino

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