Archive - Online Posts Year all all 2024 2023 2022 Items per page 24 12 18 24 30 Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video of children singing UNRELATED to Thailand bus fire A viral video claims to show the final moments of the victims of a Thailand school bus inferno, this is misleading. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: FAKE ad imitates GMA News, uses Chinkee Tan’s name to promote crypto scam Bogus Facebook ads used website impostors of GMA News to claim that financial adviser Chinkee Tan promoted a cryptocurrency platform. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Posts on MRT-3 offering free ride promo FAKE Three FB pages are claiming that the MRT-3 is offering commuters a transportation card with a year's worth of train rides. This is fake. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: More FAKE ads for ‘bee venom’ cream circulate Another fake Facebook ad about bee venom cream claims that the ointment was created by PGH and endorsed by a certain Renato "Waterdok" Paragas. By VERA Files | Oct 9, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO Marcos gold in the Bank of England An FB post claimed that former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s last will and testament mentioned gold assets deposited in the Bank of England. Not true. By VERA Files | Oct 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Ads for ‘St. Luke’s’ pulse oximeter are FAKE Ads on Facebook for a pulse oximeter supposedly made by St. Luke's Medical Center are fake. The hospital has disowned the ads. By VERA Files | Oct 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Marcoleta removal from post NEEDS CONTEXT A YouTube video claims that SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has been removed from office. This needs context. By VERA Files | Oct 1, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO alliance formed between France and Sara A YouTube video misleads that France has entered into an alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte. By VERA Files | Oct 1, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO advisory in Antique to avoid fish after seaside cemetery collapse A netizen on Facebook (FB) warned people against eating fish in Antique, hours after heavy waves partially destroyed a public cemetery in the municipality of Sebaste in Antique. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | -minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Claim that Cambodia deputy PM forged alliance with Sara Duterte MISLEADS A YouTube video claims that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea entered into an alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video of Marcos Sr. saying his son ‘died in London’ FAKE A circulating video of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. saying his son died in London is fabricated. By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Clips DO NOT show super typhoon to hit PH Footage of a supposed super typhoon that will devastate the Philippines is circulating online. The clips show animated images of a 2018 hurricane in the US. By VERA Files | Sep 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Impostor pages post FAKE company ‘anniversary giveaways’ Several Facebook pages imitating private companies are promising "anniversary giveaways" to netizens. These are scams. The companies have disowned the posts. By VERA Files | Sep 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: FAKE CNN report on Marcos alleged drug use spreads online Multiple Facebook posts are claiming that US-based CNN has reported that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is addicted to cocaine. This is fake. CNN has not published such a report and the image is fabricated. By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: The Philippines does NOT hold world record for “most trees planted in an hour” A Facebook post falsely claimed that the Philippines broke a world record by planting 3.2 million trees in an hour. By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT rushed to hospital, hidden in ‘safe house’ A YouTube video falsely claims that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was rushed to the hospital this September. By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO typhoon ‘bigger than PH’ coming in A Facebook post erroneously claimed that a storm bigger than the Philippines is going to hit the country. PAGASA debunked this claim. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video DOES NOT show Quiboloy’s arrest A video supposedly showing doomsday evangelist Apollo Quiboloy being arrested is circulating online. It used old clips of a different arrest. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Group hug vid of Alice Guo, PNP, DILG chiefs made with AI The video that showed Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and PNP Chief Rommel Marbil hugging Alice Guo is AI-generated. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Clip of Marcos talking about his ‘clone’ taken OUT OF CONTEXT A clip of President Bongbong Marcos "admitting" that he is a clone needs context. It was from an old interview where he called the rumor an urban legend. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: ‘Balintawak flood’ video NEEDS CONTEXT The video supposedly showing the current flooded state of Balintawak, Quezon City was taken in July during the onslaught of super typhoon Carina. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: ‘Ajinomoto’ warning MISUSES photo of local food poisoning incident Nine Facebook posts misused photos to falsely claim that 20 people got food poisoning due to a fake version of Ajinomoto seasoning. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Circulating video on ‘Zelensky’s November warning’ MISLEADS A Filipino FB user warned netizens to “stock up on food and water” and showed clips of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning about an upcoming event in November. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO order to arrest Sara, remove OVP’s 2025 budget A YouTube video falsely claimed that House lawmakers threatened to have Vice President Sara Duterte arrested and axed her office's budget for 2025. By VERA Files | Sep 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 … 7 Older posts