Archive - Claims by public figures Year all all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Pangako o Pangarap? Marcos Jr.’s doublespeak Political doublespeak: omission, diversion and confusion, characterized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s first full year in office. More than half of his claims in 2023 lacked context, were flip-flops, or misleading. By Nica Rhiana Hanopol | Dec 19, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can we ‘forecast’ earthquakes? How is an earthquake prediction different from an earthquake forecast? Here are three things you need to know. By VERA Files | Dec 18, 2023 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: How false narratives and clickbait fabricate Marcos’ image In the social media landscape this year, disinformation peddlers sketched an image of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a decisive leader who fired errant officials and as a figure sought by foreign leaders for his wealth. By Enrico Berdos and Rhenzel Raymond Caling | Dec 18, 2023 | 12-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Propping up the Marcos image through disinformation From clickbait headlines of videos to patently false claims, the allegations that he fired several errant government officials, withdrew wealth from foreign countries or that the Maharlika Fund will collate national wealth and pay the country’s debts all seemed to prop up President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s image. By Enrico Berdos and Rhenzel Raymond Caling | Dec 18, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: The Phantom of Duterte’s Disinformation Opera Misleading claims of former president Rodrigo Duterte on the jurisdiction of the ICC continued to haunt the disinformation landscape in 2023 even as the current administration now considers cooperating in the tribunal’s ongoing probe into the bloody drug war. By Blanch Ancla and Pipo Gonzales | Dec 17, 2023 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Sotto Law explained What is the Sotto Law? Who does it protect? Here are five things you need to know. By VERA Files | Dec 16, 2023 | 7-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos MISLEADS in claim that ICC has ‘no jurisdiction’ over drug war probe since PH has ‘functioning’ courts This makes Marcos one of the many public figures who have made misleading claims in asserting the Philippines’ “non-cooperation” to the ICC’s probe of the Duterte administration’s drug war. By VERA Files | Dec 2, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: KULANG SA KONTEKSTO ang pahayag ni AFP Chief Brawner tungkol sa umuugong na ‘destabilization’ Humarap sa media si Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner Jr. para linawin ang nauna niyang pahayag na may destabilization efforts laban sa administrasyong Marcos. Nangangailangan ito ng konteksto. By VERA Files | Nov 13, 2023 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT SHEET: ‘Holiday economics’ sa ilalim ng Marcos admin Nakalilito ang polisiya ng Malacañang sa pagdedeklara ng holiday. By VERA Files | Nov 8, 2023 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What happens now to the EDSA bicycle lane? The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is standing by its proposal for a shared bike lane on EDSA despite objections from bicycle and motorcycle groups. By VERA Files | Sep 8, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang bago sa renewable energy? Ibinida ni President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ang renewable energy sa kanyang State of the Nation Address noong July 24. Bakit ito priority ng Marcos administration? By VERA Files | Aug 2, 2023 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by public figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ report on decreasing food prices in SONA is misleading PSA said food inflation has slowed down to 6.7% in June 2023 from 7.5% in the previous month. However, it is still higher than the 6.4% recorded food inflation in June 2022. By VERA Files | Jul 28, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Posts navigation Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 6 Older posts