VERA FILES FACT CHECK: National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos NOT fired
A video circulating online carried a false headline that National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos was removed from her post.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos begging to be guest speaker in graduation rites a SATIRE
A satire FB post made netizens believe that President Bongbong Marcos Jr. “pleaded” with state universities and colleges to invite him as the keynote speaker in their commencement ceremonies.
Ilocos Norte governor gets P100M for failed tomato venture founded by uncle, President Marcos
Three years after operations began, NFC employees were scrounging around the plant premises for pieces of junk copper wires and other scrap metals to generate some cash to pay a part of their salary while their top people were coming and going in chartered planes.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos Jr. na ang pagkakaroon ng COVID-19 ay ‘parang may trangkaso’ nangangailangan ng konteksto
Ipinahayag kamakailan ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na ang COVID-19 infection na dulot ng Omicron variant ay “tulad ng pagkakaroon ng trangkaso.” Ang pahayag na ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr.’s statement that getting COVID-19 is ‘like having flu’ needs context
Overall, it is not accurate to compare the flu directly to COVID-19 because “[COVID-19] is in a crisis state with many complicating layers to infection and severity,” according to health experts from Meedan, a global technology nonprofit.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO ‘order’ from Marcos to teach student activists ‘utang na loob’
President Bongbong Marcos did not give a “terse order” to teach activists among university students a lesson.
Marcos Jr., a ‘promising’ president
Former president Rodrigo Duterte once described him as a "weak leader" and a "spoiled brat." But as Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. began his six-year term as the country's 17th president, he made several promises and vowed to get things done.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr’s ‘biggest electoral mandate’ statement needs context
In his inaugural speech on June 30, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. claimed to have the biggest electoral mandate in Philippine history. This needs context.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos Jr. na siya ay may ‘pinakamalaking mandato sa halalan’ nangangailangan ng konteksto
Sa kanyang inaugural speech noong Hunyo 30, sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na siya ang may pinakamalaking mandato sa eleksyon sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr. falsely claims Vietnam, Thailand currently ban rice exports
In a June 20 press conference, then-president elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. claimed that Vietnam and Thailand imposed a ban on their rice exports. It is false.
