VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of crowd chanting ‘BBM’ at Robredo rally in Kidapawan FAKE
The crowd was not shouting Marcos’ name but was screaming as Robredo held up the poster. The audio of a crowd chanting ‘BBM’ was just inserted into the video.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Kurap vs Di Kurap’ video showing road projects and statues as legacies MISLEADING
Many of the bronze busts, statues and monuments were not built during the terms of both Aquinos. Some of the statues were also privately funded or donated by artists.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte statement on passing presidency to Marcos Jr. lifted from a 2016 video
In a Feb. 25 interview with acting Palace spokesperson Martin Andanar, Duterte said he is not certain about endorsing a candidate in the May 9 elections. “I may or I may not but preferably I’d like to stay neutral.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old Marcos video on military alliance with U.S. NEEDS CONTEXT
This needs context. The decades-old video showed Marcos making remarks about the country’s mutual defense agreement with the U.S.
Disinformation attempts to rehabilitate the Marcoses, disparage EDSA
A heavy dose of conspiracy theory, denial of human rights violations during the Marcos dictatorship and casting of democracy icon President Corazon Aquino as villain were among the scores of martial law and Edsa-1 related disinformation debunked by Tsek.ph.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video resurrects FALSE claims on Marcos court cases
It further misleads by claiming that Marcos was acquitted in the international court.
The woman Marcos left behind fleeing the EDSA revolt
At 9:05 in the evening of February 25, 1986, as the multitude of Filipinos in revolt closed in on Malacañang, the Marcoses scurried out of the palace with their 22 crates of loot on board four helicopters from the United States embassy. It was believed that the deposed dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos had taken everyone dear to him and everything of immense value into exile. He did not. Marcos abandoned his own mother.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr. mali sa pagsabing ‘naging isyu lamang sa halalan’ ang West PH Sea dispute ngayong eleksyon ng Mayo 2022
Sa kanyang unang pagharap sa debate sa kampanya para sa eleksyon sa Mayo 2022, iginiit ng kandidato sa pagkapangulo na si Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na ang West Philippine Sea (WPS) dispute ay naging isyu sa halalan lamang sa kampanyang ito. Ito ay hindi totoo.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos DID NOT say she is a ‘certified insomniac’
The fabricated quote card emerged after Marcos reacted to Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo’s comment that she works an average of 18 hours daily.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr. falsely claims West PH Sea dispute ‘only became an election issue’ in the May 2022 polls
The WPS issue, including the harassment that Filipino fishermen suffer, was raised in past national elections.