VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Super Typhoon ‘Alakdan’ is threatening to hit the Philippines
A YouTube video claims that a Super Typhoon named Alakdan has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and will make landfall in the country. This is fake.
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The Manilamen and their Australian Connection
The Manilamen’s descendants trace their Filipino heritage through food (adobo, dinuguan, andtuba that some descendants recalled their grandfathers produced), music, and dancing and some Filipino words that have become part of Broome’s lexicon.
How Archbishop Capalla dealt with Duterte’s tirades
It was characteristic Rodrigo Duterte venom, said with neither veracity nor restraint, and – as we all know well by now – without objectivity.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: HINDI pa nagre-recruit ang PCG ngayong 2024
May mga impostor sa Facebook na nagpapakalat ng pekeng recruitment ads ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) habang patuloy na umiinit ang tensiyon sa West Philippine Sea.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: WALANG ‘bagong wave’ ng COVID-19 sa Metro Manila
May kumakalat na text na nagbababala tungkol sa bagong wave daw ng COVID-19 sa Metro Manila. Hindi ito totoo.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Liza Ong NOT endorsing unregistered prostate cream
A video on Facebook is claiming that doctor Liza Ong is endorsing Sumifun topical cream which allegedly cures an inflamed prostate. This is fake.
Marcos ‘build better, more’ vow for 2024 – a rehash of previous year’s pledge
How will the Marcos administration deliver on its BBM projects without leaving behind a Philippines sinking deeper and deeper into debt?
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: South Korea did NOT send its navy to WPS
A YouTube video is claiming that South Korea sent its navy to the West Philippine Sea to fight China. This is misleading.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO ‘new COVID-19 wave’ in Metro Manila
A text message about an alleged new wave of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila is circulating on Facebook and private messaging. This is not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: The PCG has NOT YET released recruitment calls for 2024
Imposters on Facebook have spread fake recruitment ads of the Philippine Coast Guard as tensions continue to rise in the West Philippine Sea.
