VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on South Korea giving a submarine to Philippine Navy MISLEADS
The South Korean government is only set to give a small warship called a corvette, not a submarine, to the Philippines.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: TikTok video on death of 39 babies in Gaza FALSE
Two premature babies, not 39, died in Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital on Nov. 11, 2023.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Solar superstorm causing ‘internet apocalypse’ has NO BASIS
Videos circulating on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok are claiming that a solar superstorm would cause a global internet outage for months. This is baseless.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: BARMM official DID NOT say ‘Christians are unwelcome in Marawi’
BARMM Interior Minister Naguib Sinarimbo did not say Christians have no place in Marawi.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcoleta did NOT replace Romualdez as Speaker
A YouTube video is falsely claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta as House speaker to replace Martin Romualdez.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video shows 2013 storm surge, NOT tsunami after most recent Mindanao quake
A Facebook page uploaded a 10-year-old clip of a storm surge falsely passing it off as a tsunami after the magnitude 7.4 quake that recently jolted parts of Mindanao.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Israel-Palestine’ video OLD, does NOT show ongoing Israel-Hamas war
A video on Facebook is claiming to show combat footage recently taken during the Israel-Hamas war. This is not true, the video is not recent.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PCG did NOT fire water cannon at Chinese vessel
A YouTube video is claiming that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) had fired water cannons in the West Philippine Sea supposedly at a Chinese vessel. This is misleading.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Romualdez NOT suspended from House of Representatives
A YouTube video bore a clickbait headline and thumbnail claiming that House Speaker Martin Romualdez has been suspended from the House of Representatives. This is not true.
De Lima’s freedom — a meaningful reason to observe Human Rights Day
Marcos could show the world that it respects human rights and is serious about advancing accountability by cooperating with the ICC in its probe.
