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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Six most repeated lies creeping into public sphere in 2022

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Anim pinaka-paulit-ulit na kasinungalingan na pumapasok sa pampublikong diskurso sa 2022

By Nica Rhiana Hanopol | Dec 18, 2022 8:00 AM

Nagbabalik-tanaw ang VERA Files Fact Check sa mga paulit-ulit na kasinungalingan na kumalat ngayong taon: mula sa imbestigasyon ng International Criminal Court sa giyera ng Pilipinas laban sa droga hanggang sa red-tagging kay dating bise presidente Leni Robredo hanggang sa nakaw na yaman ng pamilya Marcos.

2022 yearender, cpp npa, Ill-gotten wealth, International Criminal Court, Leni Robredo, marcos, Marcos ill-gotten wealth, Rodrigo Duterte, War on drugs, yearender

VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Six most repeated lies creeping into public sphere in 2022

By Nica Rhiana Hanopol | Dec 18, 2022 8:00 AM

What happens when public officials, media outlets and online users keep repeating false statements?

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB video FALSELY claims Marcos jewels not ill-gotten

By vera files fact check | Jun 01, 2022 1:34 PM

A video on Facebook (FB) erroneously claimed that three jewelry collections seized by the Philippine government from the Marcos family were “gifts” given by other countries. The Supreme Court (SC) says otherwise. On May 29, a short video on the jewelry sets of the Marcoses appeared on FB with the title: “Regalo yun sa Pamilya […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video revives Marcos family wealth claims with NO BASIS

By vera files fact check | May 19, 2022 9:49 AM

Netizens reuploaded a snippet of a YouTube video containing claims about the Marcos family wealth that is without basis. A TikTok user and Facebook page Kristine DIARY (created on Oct. 11, 2020) shared on April 19 and May 16, respectively, an excerpt of an April 20, 2021 video produced by YouTube channel Tuklas ni Kulas […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Narvacan Mayor Chavit Singson na ang $650M Marcos Swiss bank deposits ay ‘hindi nakaw’ MALI

By VERA Files | Mar 01, 2022 9:44 PM

Sinabi ni Luis “Chavit” Singson, mayor ng Narvacan, Ilocos Sur at isang matibay na kaalyado ni Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., na ang mga pondong idineposito sa mga Swiss bank account ng pamilya ng kandidato sa pagkapangulo at nabawi ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas noong 2003 ay “talagang sa kanila ayon sa batas.” Ito ay hindi totoo.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Narvacan Mayor Chavit Singson wrongly claims $650M Marcos Swiss bank deposits are ‘not ill-gotten’

By VERA Files | Mar 01, 2022 8:34 PM

Luis “Chavit” Singson, mayor of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur and a staunch ally of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., claimed that the funds deposited in Swiss bank accounts of the presidential candidate’s family and recovered by the Philippine government in 2003 are “lawfully theirs.” This is false.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos disclaimer on corruption during the Marcos regime is FALSE

By VERA FILES | Oct 19, 2018 7:01 PM

Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos falsely claimed that reports about ill-gotten wealth and massive corruption during her father’s 20-year rule have not been proven in court.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ sins not yet proven in court?

Nov 09, 2016 11:25 PM

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he won’t take his word back on allowing the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Amid protests and calls for him to reconsider, the president said the sins of Marcos have yet to be proven. He made the statement as he left for his […]

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