Archive - Online Posts Year 2024 all 2024 2023 2022 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video on Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act NEEDS CONTEXT A YouTube channel claimed that the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act has been made into law. This needs context. By VERA Files | Sep 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Digital bank transactions NOT restricted 5 km away from home An FB Reel featured a woman who falsely claimed that the public would be prevented from conducting digital bank transactions from more than 5 kilometers away from their homes. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video of protesters taken in Kenya, NOT Davao The Facebook Reel that showed people protesting on the street was not taken in Davao. It was originally taken in Kenya in June. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Photo does NOT show rebel attack on MT Sounion tanker A Facebook page erroneously linked the attack of the MT Sounion to a different Houthi-led assault on an oil tanker this year. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Alice Guo DID NOT expose Marcos ties to POGO A YouTube video falsely claims that suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo has exposed President Bongbong Marcos for being involved with POGO operations in the country. By VERA Files | Jun 5, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: FAKE Land Bank scholarships reappear as school year ends Multiple posts on FB falsely claim the Land Bank of the Philippines offered scholarships for the academic year 2024-2025. By VERA Files | May 28, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO PH, US, Japan, Australia joint attack on China A video on YouTube claims that the Philippines, Australia, Japan and the United States have banded together to attack Chinese forces in the West Philippine Sea. This is not true. By VERA Files | May 9, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pangilinan NOT credit-grabbing; authored Free Public Wi-Fi Act An opinion radio host accused former Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan of stealing credit from the current administration for providing free public Wi-Fi in public spaces. The lawmaker is the principal author of the law that made this possible. By VERA FILES | Feb 29, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO British Royal Navy ships handed over to the Philippines A YouTube video claims that the Philippine Navy received two of the British Royal Navy’s warships in a handover ceremony. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 29, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Maria Ressa NOT endorsing ‘bitcoin platform’ A website posing as both Rappler and CNN Philippines claims to expose a “deleted interview” where Nobel laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa supposedly promoted a cryptocurrency platform she is earning money from. This is fake. By VERA FILES | Feb 28, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Circulating ‘TUPAD hiring’ posts BOGUS, NOT from DOLE Job posts supposedly for the TUPAD emergency employment program of the Department of Labor and Employment have been shared on Facebook. These are fake. By VERA FILES | Feb 27, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: P100 wage hike bill NOT yet law A short video on TikTok is erroneously claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos has signed the P100 wage hike bill. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 27, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 11 Older posts