VERA FILES FACT CHECK: US NOT sending Marines to help defend PH territory
The video narrator’s lines were taken verbatim from the original March 30 article of Business Insider on the U.S.’ plan of island-hopping battle exercise.
The video narrator’s lines were taken verbatim from the original March 30 article of Business Insider on the U.S.’ plan of island-hopping battle exercise.
Sinabi ng “nakasindak” na Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na hindi alam ng kanyang administrasyon ang kontrobersyal na “gentlemen’s agreement” umano sa pagitan ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at ni Pangulong Xi Jinping ng China sa West Philippine Sea (WPS). Tinanong si Marcos sa isang panayam noong Abril 10 kung ang kasunduan umano ay “naglagay sa […]
Ayungin Shoal (international name: Second Thomas Shoal) is part of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Philippines based on a 2016 arbitral ruling in the Hague, contrary to the claim of United States (U.S.) ambassador to China Nicholas Burns that it is a Philippine “sovereign territory.” Burns also erred in saying that the International […]
The video with the wrong context was uploaded on FB more than a week after the China Coast Guard and Chinese Maritime Militia vessels again executed dangerous maneuvers and deployed water cannons against Philippine vessels.
Just this Saturday, the Philippine military reported that the CCG fired a water cannon at a supply vessel en route to Ayungin, causing damage to the ship.
This special report was produced under VERA Files’ project on enhancing the media’s capability to raise public awareness of the situation in the South China Sea, funded by the Government of Canada through its Canada Fund for Local Initiatives. #CanadaFundPH #Together75
A different version of this report has appeared in the Manila Standard on Feb. 1, 2024.
A video falsely insinuated in its headline that Commodore Jay Tarriela, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), took revenge on behalf of President Bongbong Marcos regarding Chinese harassment in the West Philippine Sea. “CHINA BINAWIAN NG PCG! GRABE PBBM IGINANTI NI TARRIELA! GYERA NA! BAJO DE MASINLOC! MALAKING GULO TO (PCG retaliates against China! […]
A YouTube video claims that the Philippines sank 300 Chinese fishing vessels amid rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea. This is not true. The video used and edited a report about the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) arrest of 10 Chinese fishermen in 2016. Posted on Jan. 15, the nine-minute and 8-second video claims that […]
A YouTube video claims that the United Kingdom’s (U.K.) Royal Navy recently handed over its warship HMS Dauntless to the Philippine Navy. This is not true. On Jan. 17, a YouTube channel uploaded an eight-minute and eight-second video bearing the headline: “Natanggap ng Pilipinas ang pinakamapanganib na barkong pandigma sa buong mundo mula sa British […]
For Tabios and Cuaresma, and thousands of other fishermen in this province, the WPS dispute is not just about fighting for our territorial rights but also fighting for their livelihood. (This special report was produced under VERA Files’ project on enhancing the media’s capability to raise public awareness of the situation in the South China Sea, funded by the Government of Canada through its Canada Fund for Local Initiatives. #CanadaFundPH )