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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post claiming Robredo filled out SOCE with invisible ink is SATIRE

By vera files fact check | Jun 14, 2022 10:07 AM

A satirical Facebook (FB) post misled netizens into believing the camp of outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo filed her Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) using transparent ink. On June 10, satire FB page Philippine Daily New Society (created on May 13, 2022) published a post about the Robredo camp allegedly filling out her SOCE […]

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When Imee fled with a fake Bolivian passport

By Antonio J. Montalvan II | Jun 03, 2022 5:43 PM

Imee Marcos trolled. ANC anchor Karen Davila was never ever heard to have said on record that she would leave the Philippines if a Marcos becomes president. Openly and without hesitancy before a national television audience, Imee was purveyor of fake news.

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Why we have to learn the art of listening and discerning

By Ellen T.Tordesillas | May 31, 2022 1:56 PM

In his insightful piece in Time Magazine on the election as president of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the ousted dictator, scholar Jonathan Ong said: “To fight back, progressive leaders should advance their own counter-narrative and persuasive vision. But first, they must acknowledge their failure to listen.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 2019 photos of rice prices in Davao City MISLEAD

By vera files fact check | May 28, 2022 2:17 PM

Facebook (FB) netizens and pages revived two three-year-old photos of rice sold at a Davao City mall to claim that the staple was now selling in the P20 per kilo range, as President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. promised. The claim is misleading. The original photos, posted by a Facebook user on Dec. 12, 2019, bore […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens fall for SATIRE on Tulfo plan to fly chopper without training

By vera files fact check | May 27, 2022 4:07 PM

A satirical post on Facebook (FB) with senator-elect Rafael “Raffy” Tulfo supposedly saying that should the need arise, he will pilot a helicopter even without flight training and know-how, is gaining traction and misleading netizens into believing the statement. The FB post, which appeared on May 22, had this text superimposed on the graphic: “RAFFY […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages, netizens FALSELY claim only 43.3M voted in last elections

By vera files fact check | May 27, 2022 11:55 AM

Several Facebook (FB) posts erroneously claim that only 43.3 million Filipinos actually voted in the May 9 elections. This figure is incorrect, based on data from the Commission on Elections (Comelec). On May 24 and 25, a graphic appeared claiming that out of the 52.9 million votes cast in the recent elections, more than 9.6 […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that SC junked petitions vs Marcos FALSE

By vera files fact check | May 23, 2022 6:15 PM

A video on Facebook (FB) erroneously claims the Supreme Court (SC) has already dismissed the cases seeking to disqualify and void the candidacy of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. On May 22, a 10-minute video was posted with the title: “JUST IN: FINISH NA! SUPREME COURT PABOR kay BBM/KAMPO ni LENLEN NATARANTA SINOB0AN (sic) […]

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can VP-elect Sara Duterte be sworn in before June 30?

By VERA FILES | May 21, 2022 12:43 AM

While the 1987 Constitution does not expressly prohibit being sworn in earlier, lawyer Christian Monsod, a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, said Duterte-Carpio should not take her oath of office “until there is an office to assume.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE FB posts claim Robredo caught sleeping in airport lounge

By vera files fact check | May 18, 2022 10:27 PM

A screenshot of a Facebook (FB) post erroneously claims Vice President Leni Robredo slept in an airport lounge for five hours. The sleeping woman in the photo is actually her daughter. On May 15 and 16, several FB pages published a screenshot of an erroneous post where a woman in pink can be seen sleeping […]

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Pablo Picasso finally shows up

By Antonio Montalvan II | May 17, 2022 5:30 PM

The British Broadcasting Corporation, in a 2014 reportage, said that a group of artworks were seized from Imelda Marcos by order of the court. Among these was a painting that art experts and connoisseurs worldwide recognize as Pablo Picasso’s Femme Couchée VI (Reclining Woman).

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