Fact Checks this Week

Apr 18, 2024 2:09 PM

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats FALSE claim that U.S. has ‘so many bases’ in PH

In an exclusive interview with Global Times, China’s state-owned daily, former president Rodrigo Duterte once again claimed that the United States (U.S.) “[has] so many bases in the Philippines now.” He said this was made possible with the “consent” of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This is false. VERA Files has previously debunked similar claims from […]
Rodrigo Duterte
Apr 17, 2024 10:20 AM

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte seesaws again on calling Marcos a ‘drug addict’

In less than two months, former president Rodrigo Duterte went from denying that he described President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a “drug addict” to claiming he was the first to call the chief executive that. STATEMENT In an April 11 press conference in Tagum City, former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict […]
Taas-sweldo ng teachers, kaya ba?
Apr 16, 2024 1:04 PM

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: P50K minimum pay ng teachers, kaya ba?

Halos doble ng kasalukuyang basic pay ng teachers ang panukalang dagdag sa buwanang sweldo nila, mula P27, 000 hanggang P50, 000, para daw makahabol sa sobrang taas ng presyo ng mga bilihin.  Deserve ng teachers ang mataas na sweldo, pero kakayanin ba ng kaban ng bayan? Panoorin ang video na ito: Have you seen any […]
VERA Files Fact Check: When completed, the Cavite-Bataan Interlink Bridge will be the second longest in the Philippines, but it is nowhere near the longest in the world, as Marcos claimed.
Apr 16, 2024 11:18 AM

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos falsely claims Cavite-Bataan bridge is world’s second longest

After a meeting with Metro Manila local government officials to discuss traffic concerns, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told the media that the upcoming 32.15-kilometer Cavite-Bataan Interlink Bridge will be the second longest in the world. This is false. (Read VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Marcos administration’s 12 ‘mega bridges’)  The current second longest bridge in […]
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Bagaman walang binanggit si Marcos na basehan sa kanyang sinabi, ipinakikita sa datos mula sa Commission on Human Rights na may naitalang 1,608 HRVs noong 2023, bumaba ito ng 4.51% lamang mula 1,684 noong 2022.
Apr 12, 2024 11:48 AM

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos na ‘nabawasan ng kalahati’ ang mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao noong 2023 nangangailangan ng konteksto

Sa pagbanggit sa katayuan ng kriminalidad sa Pilipinas, iginiit ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na ang mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa bansa ay bumaba ng kalahati noong 2023. Nangangailangan ito ng konteksto. PAHAYAG Sa isang talumpati sa harap ng mga may ranggong opisyal ng Philippine National Police noong nakaraang buwan, sinabi ni Marcos na […]
Mapanlinlang ang sinabi ni Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin na puwede pang inumin ang expired na gamot. Mali ang binanggit niyang impormasyon hinggil sa isang pananaliksik ng U.S. FDA na naglayong patagalin ng suplay ng gamot ng gobyerno. Naglabas ng abiso ang U.S. FDA na huwag inumin ang expired na gamot dahil sa mga posibleng komplikasyon na maidudulot nito.
Apr 05, 2024 3:51 PM

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Garin sa bisa ng mga expired na gamot nakapanliligaw

Sa pagpuna sa mga resulta kamakailan ng isang survey ng Pulse Asia sa Charter change, binanggit ni Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin, isang doktor at dating Health secretary, ang isang pag-aaral umano ng Harvard University na nagsasabing ang mga expired na gamot ay karaniwang ligtas na inumin. Ito ay nakapanliligaw. Mali ang pagpapatungkol ni Garin sa […]
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Mar 22, 2024 2:32 PM

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: May ‘fourth mode’ ba ang Cha-cha?

Sa pagwawalang-bahala sa direktiba ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na “pangunahan” ng Senado ang pag-amyenda sa mga probisyong pang-ekonomiya ng 1987 Constitution, pinaspasan ng House of Representatives ang pag-apruba sa Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7. “Kung mayroon tayong three-fourths na boto sa RBH No. 7, at lahat ay nasunod alinsunod sa Konstitusyon, ang […]

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