VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that U.S. Coast Guard fired warning shot at Chinese vessel in South China Sea has NO BASIS
There are no reports about a U.S. Coast Guard ship firing warning shots against a Chinese Navy ship in the South China Sea.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video FALSELY claims court ordered Badoy, Celiz release
A YouTube video falsely claimed that a court had ordered the release from detention of SMNI anchors Jeffrey Celiz and Lorraine Badoy.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Underwater earthquake’ video taken in Indonesia, NOT in the Philippines
A video on Facebook is erroneously claiming that a clip of divers experiencing an earthquake under the sea was taken in the Philippines. This is not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens revive FALSE warning of SM MOA collapse
Netizens reshared a false chain message warning people against going to SM Mall of Asia.
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.
