FACT CHECK: Clips show U.S. military in an exercise in Poland, NOT WPS
Snippets from a military exercise in Poland were misleadingly passed off as the United States forces in the West Philippine Sea amid rising tensions with China.
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FACT CHECK: Mga picture ng pagpapadala ng America ng mga kagamitang pansundalo, sa Ukraine at HINDI sa Pilipinas
May Facebook picture na pinagmumukhang nagpadala raw ang America ng mga kagamitang pansundalo sa Pilipinas nitong June. Hindi ito totoo.
FACT CHECK: NO US attack on China in WPS
A YouTube video falsely claims that the United States has attacked China in the West Philippine, supposedly as a prelude to World War 3.
FACT CHECK: Photos NOT of U.S., U.K. soldiers, military vehicles arriving in Subic
A Facebook post falsely claimed that troops and military vehicles from the U.S. and U.K. recently arrived in the Philippines.
FACT CHECK: Photos show U.S. aid sent to Ukraine, NOT PH
Old photos are being falsely claimed as military supplies sent by the United States to the Philippines this June. These were U.S. aid delivered to Ukraine in 2022.
FACT CHECK: OLD photos claimed as foreign warships headed to WPS MISLEAD
Old photos from military exercises are being passed off as foreign warships sailing to the West Philippine Sea amid escalating tensions between the Philippines and China.
FACT CHECK: Clips NOT of Chinese ship sunk by US, Japan
A video supposedly shows a Chinese ship sunk by the United States and Japan. This is false and contains spliced clips from various military exercises.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pilipinas, America, Japan at Australia, WALANG magkakasamang pag-atake sa China
May YouTube video na nagsasabing ang Pilipinas, America, Japan at Australia ay nagsama-sama para atakehin ang China sa West Philippine Sea. Hindi ito totoo.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: US NOT sending Marines to help defend PH territory
A video on YouTube claims that the U.S. has dispatched its marine forces to help the Philippines protect its territory against China. This is not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: US envoy to China makes two false claims on 2016 South China Sea arbitral award
U.S. ambassador to China Nicholas Burns was asked about Beijing’s “strategic goal” in its continuously increasing pressure on the Philippines over the disputed South China Sea and “how far they will go in testing the U.S. willingness” to defend its former colony.
