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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video peddles FALSE claims about Martial Law declaration, Ninoy Aquino’s ties with communists

By vera files fact check | May 20, 2022 12:07 PM

A video circulating online is making claims about the alleged “truth” behind the declaration of Martial Law and another on former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr’s supposed ties with communists. Posted by a TikTok user on May 16 and reshared by FB page Pilipinas Ngayon the following day, the video claims that: The Communist Party […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Columnist Magno falsely claims PNoy skipped 2010 presidential debates

By VERA Files | Feb 09, 2022 11:57 AM

Alex Magno, a columnist of the Philippine Star, wrongly stated that the late president Benigno Simeon Aquino III did not participate in any debate while campaigning during the 2010 elections.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kolumnistang si Magno mali ang sinasabi na hindi sumipot si PNoy sa 2010 presidential debates

By VERA Files | Feb 09, 2022 11:57 AM

Mali ang sinulat ni Alex Magno, isang kolumnista ng Philippine Star, na ang yumaong pangulo Benigno Simeon Aquino III ay hindi lumahok sa anumang debate habang nangangampanya noong 2010 elections.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza falsely claims Robredo’s daughter skipped quarantine

By VERA Files | Jan 07, 2022 4:18 PM

Former broadcaster Jay Sonza incorrectly claimed that a daughter of Vice President Leni Robredo skipped community quarantine after arriving from abroad and later testing positive for COVID-19.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza mali sa sinasabing hindi nag quarantine ang anak ni Robredo

By VERA Files | Jan 07, 2022 4:18 PM

Hindi totoo ang sinabi ng dating broadcaster na si Jay Sonza na nilaktawan ng anak ni Vice President Leni Robredo ang community quarantine matapos dumating mula sa ibang bansa at kalaunan ay nagpositibo sa COVID-19.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger makes INCORRECT claim about US health agency report on SARS-CoV-2

By VERA Files | Dec 24, 2020 10:08 AM

A month-old video of Facebook page Lynn Channel echoes another false claim about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post makes multiple FALSE claims on food that ‘kill’ cancer

By VERA Files | Dec 23, 2020 2:44 PM

A lengthy post by local Facebook (FB) page Amazing Zynergia For Natural Health that claims to “educate people on alternative and natural healing” has made untrue claims, saying cancer is “not a disease” and that certain food can kill or remove cancer cells from the body.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza, FB users kinalat ang dinoktor na 10-taong litrato ng ABS-CBN van habang rumaragasa ang ‘Ulysses’

By VERA Files | Nov 20, 2020 8:32 PM

Ilang mga social media user, kabilang ang dating brodkaster ng ABS-CBN na si Jay Sonza, ang nag share sa Facebook (FB) ng niretokeng litrato ng isang ABS-CBN News van, na ipinangalandakang tumaob habang nangangalit ang Bagyong Ulysses sa Luzon noong Nob. 12.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza, FB users amplify doctored 10-year-old photo of ABS-CBN van during ‘Ulysses’ onslaught

By VERA Files | Nov 20, 2020 7:44 PM

Several social media users, including former ABS-CBN broadcaster Jay Sonza, shared on Facebook (FB) an altered photo of an ABS-CBN News van, falsely claiming it overturned as Typhoon Ulysses raged over Luzon on Nov. 12.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DILG Usec. Malaya wrongly claims NDF is listed as terrorist group by PH, other countries

By VERA Files | Oct 30, 2020 7:54 PM

In a press release, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya erred in including the National Democratic Front (NDF) among the terror groups declared by the Philippines and other countries, as well as the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU).

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