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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post claiming Robredo filled out SOCE with invisible ink is SATIRE

By vera files fact check | Jun 14, 2022 10:07 AM

A satirical Facebook (FB) post misled netizens into believing the camp of outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo filed her Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) using transparent ink. On June 10, satire FB page Philippine Daily New Society (created on May 13, 2022) published a post about the Robredo camp allegedly filling out her SOCE […]

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Comelec: Elections ‘quite peaceful’ despite glitches, violent incidents

By Theresa Martelino-Reyes | May 09, 2022 11:29 PM

Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan, appointed just two months ago, described the political exercise as “quite peaceful” even as scattered violent incidents were reported in Lanao del Sur province.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Comelec’ advisory on friendships, debates NOT TRUE

By VERA Files | May 09, 2022 9:25 AM

Have you seen any dubious claims, photos, memes, or online posts that you want us to verify? Fill out this reader request form or send it to ‘VERA, the truth bot’ on Viber. (Editor’s Note: VERA Files has partnered with Facebook to fight the spread of disinformation. Find out more about this partnership and our methodology.)

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Voters to decide country’s fate through the ballots

By Tita C. Valderama | May 09, 2022 6:56 AM

From 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, May 9, nearly 66 million Filipino voters will decide where the country is headed, at least in the next six years under a new administration. They will be electing candidates for a total of 18, 180 positions across the archipelago, including the successor to President Rodrigo Duterte. (READ: The […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Makabayan bloc, Colmenares NOT disqualified from May 9 polls

By VERA Files | May 09, 2022 12:04 AM

The Makabayan bloc and senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares have not been disqualified from the 2022 national elections, contrary to the claim in a fake Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolution circulated on May 7 and 8 by various Facebook (FB) pages. Comelec acting spokesperson Atty. John Rex Laudiangco, who was named in the sham resolution as […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming DOH to bloat COVID cases before elections NOT TRUE

By VERA Files | May 08, 2022 11:11 AM

Netizens on Facebook (FB) and Twitter have falsely claimed that the Department of Health (DOH) will artificially increase the number of COVID-19 cases in the country two days before the May 9 elections. The baseless claims, which started circulating on April 28 and continued to be shared a few days before the polls get underway, […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Graphic with ‘party-lists’ endorsing Robredo MISLEADS

By VERA Files | May 08, 2022 10:55 AM

A tweet bearing a misleading graphic claims political parties Aksyon Demokratiko and PDP-Laban are “party-lists” that are endorsing Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential bid. Titled “The people backing Robredo presidency,” the graphic published on Twitter on April 26 enumerated several groups allegedly backing Robredo. Among the logos featured under “party-lists” were those of Aksyon Demokratiko […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens fall for SATIRE on Marcos vowing to reduce unemployment rate to zero

By VERA FILES FACT CHECK | May 07, 2022 9:33 AM

A satirical Facebook (FB) page claiming presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. promised to lower the country’s unemployment rate to zero is misleading netizens into believing it to be true. On Labor Day, FB page Philippine Daily Sun (created on Jan. 19, 2022) published a satirical post where Marcos supposedly said he will create jobs […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of Robredo, Pangilinan posing inside cemetery FAKE

By VERA Files | May 06, 2022 9:14 AM

A Facebook (FB) page and group published an altered photo of Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan campaigning inside a cemetery. On May 2 and 3, an FB page and a group posted the manipulated graphic, showing the tandem surrounded by graves and their campaign posters while doing the finger […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hulagway WA magpakita sa panagtagbo sa ‘panagkunsabo’ tali kanila ni Robredo ug Comelec

By VERA Files | May 02, 2022 12:14 PM

Duha ka (FB) pages ug usa ka netizen ang nagpakatap og usa ka hulagway—nagpakita kang Bise Presidente Leni Robredo ug mga opisyal sa Commission on Elections (Comelec), taliwa sa uban- nga dunay di tinuod nga konteksto. Ang posts sa Abril 18 nigamit sa hulagway nga orihinal nga gi-tweet sa kamaguwangang anak ni Robredo nga si […]

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