VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD Senate hearing footage tagged as breaking news
The posts was falsely labeled “breaking news."
Tag Archives: China
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin nag u-turn sa bagong coast guard law ng China
Sa loob lamang ng dalawang araw, naiba ang posisyon ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. tungkol sa pagpasa ng bagong coast guard law ng China — na pinapayagan nitong paputukan ang mga banyagang sasakyang pandagat sa teritoryo na inangkin ng China. Mula sa "wala tayong pakialam," tinawag niya itong isang “verbal na banta ng giyera" sa mga lalabag dito.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin u-turns on China’s new coast guard law
In just two days, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. went from saying the passage of China’s new coast guard law — which allows it to fire on foreign vessels in China-claimed maritime areas — was “none of our business,” to calling it a “verbal threat of war” to those who will violate it.
Like serving China a bite of the forbidden cake
Will China have its cake and eat it too at the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)?
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of ‘killer insect’ attack in China, India, and Iran NOT TRUE
Three of the four clips were from a gas leak in India.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japan DID NOT say it will ‘protect’ PH from China
The post skews a statement the Philippine ambassador to Japan made in 2019.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING post revives 2013 article on Chinese mining activity in Zambales
Without context, the posts mislead readers into thinking that it is a recent article.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hantavirus is NOT a ‘new’ virus from China
It was given a name about 40 years ago. It wasn't discovered in China.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO word yet from Palace on China’s ‘new district’ in Kalayaan Island Group
The circulating story is over a year old.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of Chinese police ‘shooting’ 25k COVID-19 patients UNTRUE
This post is false. Don't believe it.
