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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hontiveros NOT expelled from Senate

By VERA Files | Aug 30, 2023 11:49 AM

A YouTube video and a blog claimed that Sen. Risa Hontiveros was removed from the Senate following an order from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio. This is not true, but a clickbait to an unrelated video. The video merely resurfaced a statement the senator made last year criticizing the reported whitewashing […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hontiveros did NOT call Marcos childish

By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2023 5:14 PM

At least three Facebook (FB) videos wrongly claimed that Sen. Risa Hontiveros called President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. immature, following his administration’s decision to disengage with the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is misleading. The opposition senator never directed such a remark against the president. At the start of a 10-minute video uploaded by an […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that Hontiveros called President Marcos ‘lutang’ MISLEADS

By VERA Files | Jun 03, 2023 10:43 PM

A video claimed that Sen. Risa Hontiveros called President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lutang (spaced out). This is misleading. The senator used the term to describe the hasty passage of the Maharlika Fund bill, and was not referring to the president. In a video dated May 29, pro-Marcos vlogger Coach Jarret (real name: Jarret Pulido) claimed […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE video links Hontiveros to 2014 PhilHealth bonus controversy anew

By VERA Files | Apr 20, 2023 4:12 PM

A YouTube video which is also circulating on Facebook (FB) has revived the false claim that Sen. Risa Hontiveros benefitted from Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) illegal bonuses in 2014. Records show Hontiveros was not involved in the mess. This false claim has been circulating since 2018 and debunked numerous times by VERA Files Fact […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video resurfaces FALSE claim that Hontiveros ‘stole’ from PhilHealth funds

By VERA Files | Mar 02, 2023 1:49 PM

A video circulating on Facebook (FB) and YouTube revived a false claim that Sen. Risa Hontiveros took funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Hontiveros was not involved in the 2014 PhilHealth bonus controversy. The 19-minute video posted on Feb. 27, bore the headline: “RISA IBALIK DAPAT PERA NG PHILHEALTH BAGO NIYA ISULONG NA […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hontiveros NOT involved in 2014 PhilHealth bonus mess

By VERA Files | Jan 05, 2023 3:48 PM

A video on YouTube falsely claims that the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered Sen. Risa Hontiveros to return pilfered funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). The senator is not involved in the case at all. On Dec. 30, a YouTube channel uploaded the video with the untrue headline: “JUST IN: KORTE MAY ORDER […]

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang nasa panukalang heterosexual bill? Paano ito naiiba sa SOGIESC Equality bill?

By VERA Files | Dec 09, 2022 3:30 PM

Ano ang nasa panukalang heterosexual bill at paano ito naiiba sa SOGIESC Equality bill?

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What’s in the proposed heterosexual bill? How is it different from the SOGIESC Equality bill?

By VERA Files | Dec 09, 2022 3:30 PM

What’s in the proposed heterosexual bill and how is it different from the SOGIESC Equality bill?

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Circulating graphic of Kiko-Risa tandem for the 2028 elections NOT OFFICIAL

By VERA Files | Nov 18, 2022 3:14 PM

A graphic showing former senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and Sen. Risa Hontiveros as a tandem for the 2028 elections is making the rounds online. This is not official. On Nov. 16, a YouTube channel uploaded a video also shared on Facebook (FB) carrying the false headline: “KIKO/RISA TANDEM KASADO na sa 2028/LENI ROBREDO NILAGLAG!KIKO NATALO […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ombudsman NOT filing charges vs Hontiveros

By vera files fact check | Jun 27, 2022 9:32 AM

An online article falsely claimed that the Office of the Ombudsman is set to file charges against re-elected Senator Risa Hontiveros for spreading lies during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation of the Pharmally funds scam. On June 22, a website published a story that bore an untrue headline: “NAKARMA na! HONTIVEROS TULOYAN (sic) ng […]

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