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VERA Files Fact Check tracks the false claims, flip-flops, misleading statements of public officials and figures, and debunks them with factual evidence. It also fights misinformation and disinformation spread on the internet. This project is supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). VERA Files is also part of Facebook’s third-party fact-checking program.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post red-tags Angel Locsin with UNSUPPORTED claims

No news reports support either of its claims.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cimatu falsely claims PH was an American Commonwealth during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu inaccurately…

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Actor Chuck Norris did NOT die of COVID-19

This post is fake. Don't believe it.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Piolo Pascual was NOT killed by carjackers

The artist is alive and well.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: There’s NO Supreme Court order for ‘overall shutdown of ABS-CBN’

The misleading video muddled a statement from…

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What is tuob or steam inhalation therapy?

Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia earned the ire of…

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