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2025-11-07T22:51:24.233738+00:00
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani “is bringing Sharia law to America.”
https://legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26220025-a-muslim-radical-bemic-terrorists-bombed-the-twin-towers/
Nancy Mace
2025-11-06 00:00:00
Pants on Fire
Zohran Mamdani has never said he seeks to implement Shariah in New York City, or anywhere in the U.S. An expert told PolitiFact that Mamdani’s support for gay rights and decriminalizing sex work are the "antithesis" of Shariah. No one can implement Shariah in the United States, given legal protections under the Constitution.
2025-11-07 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/nov/07/nancy-mace/mamdani-mayor-new-york-shariah-law/
2025-11-04T22:21:59.941306+00:00
“The New York City ballot form is a scam” because “mayoral candidates appear twice.”
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1985692613010502114
Elon Musk
2025-11-04 00:00:00
False
New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa are listed twice on the ballot because two separate parties nominated them. Candidates and political parties in New York have operated under this system — known as fusion voting — since the 19th century.
2025-11-04 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/nov/04/elon-musk/new-york-city-mayor-election-ballot-fusion/
2025-10-24T21:43:42.001672+00:00
“The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care.
https://x.com/RepJeffries/status/1981444373565804592
Hakeem Jeffries
2025-10-23 00:00:00
False
In a briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about President Donald Trump’s priorities for renovating parts of the White House campus. Leavitt responded that the ballroom is his top priority. Leavitt did not say the ballroom is Trump’s priority among all policies, such as inflation and health care.
2025-10-24 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/oct/24/hakeem-jeffries/democrats-leavitt-priority-ballroom-white-house/
2025-10-17T22:31:54.53455+00:00
“We’ve never had a president that solved one war, not one war.”
https://www.youtube.com/live/pz8nYP6mE10?si=OW1hJmvWpswEECz4&t=1528
Donald Trump
2025-10-17 00:00:00
Pants on Fire
At least two U.S. presidents — Theodore Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter — personally conducted negotiations that led to peace agreements between warring nations. Both negotiations resulted in Nobel Prizes for some of the participants. Several other presidents saw peace agreements hammered out on their watch by officials they had appointed.
2025-10-17 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/oct/17/donald-trump/president-wars-ended-us-roosevelt-carter/
2025-10-07T07:07:26.522624+00:00
U.S. President Donald Trump considering to buy the Philippines to make the country rich.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/636024859303107
Facebook blogger Bro chie tv
2025-09-15 00:00:00
Fake
The clip was taken from a 2017 NBC interview of Trump. In the fake video, Trump's mouth movements are unnatural and do not match the audio.
2025-10-03 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-video-of-trump-claiming-to-buy-ph-is-ai-manipulated
2025-10-07T06:41:14.256323+00:00
The International Criminal Court has granted former president Rodrigo Duterte interim release.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2512864375753032
YouTube channel Bonster Demi Chef Vlog, Facebook page Teamhilas - Koreanang HILAS
2025-09-27 00:00:00
False
As of Oct. 3, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I has yet to decide on the request for interim release filed by Duterte's legal team in June, the international tribunal's website shows.
2025-10-06 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-duterte-not-granted-interim-release-by-icc
2025-10-07T03:15:50.18805+00:00
Resigned Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Zaldy Co and former House speaker Martin Romualdez were arrested and are now facing imprisonment.
https://www.facebook.com/duterteactive/posts/biglaan-t0-ma-k0-k0-l0ng-na-sen-ch1z-tenap0s-si-saldi-at-marten-iyak-kar-ma-kulo/820997720463720/
Duterte Active Supporters
2025-10-03 00:00:00
False
Resigned Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Zaldy Co and former House speaker Martin Romualdez were not arrested and are now facing imprisonment. The Senate will only invite them to attend the next Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the anomalous flood control projects.
2025-10-06 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-zaldy-co-martin-romualdez-not-arrested
2025-09-24T22:06:26.888997+00:00
The U.S. currently has “no inflation.”
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-executive-order-immigration-september-19-2025/#130
Donald Trump
2025-09-19 00:00:00
False
By two measures — the inflation rate and the Federal Reserve’s target for "price stability" — the statement is inaccurate. The inflation rate is not zero; it’s currently at 2.9% year over year. That’s higher than the Fed’s 2% "price stability" target. The inflation rate also has been rising for the past four months.
2025-09-24 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/sep/24/donald-trump/no-inflation-consumer-index-prices/
2025-09-11T18:44:33.780774+00:00
Monthly payment loans are the same as payday loans.
https://cascadespringscredit.com/blog/monthly-payment-loan/
Unknown
2025-09-11 00:00:00
False
Payday loans require lump-sum repayment, often within weeks. Monthly payment loans spread repayment across predictable installments, making them safer and easier to manage.
2025-09-11 00:00:00
https://cascadespringscredit.com/blog/monthly-payment-loan/#fact-check-1
2025-09-10T07:42:29.211372+00:00
The United States has dismissed the charges against televangelist and Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Apollo Quiboloy.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1862116231002837
Facebook page Tapang at Malasakit Global
2025-08-23 00:00:00
False
There are no official reports that the U.S. dismissed the charges against Quiboloy. He remains on the FBI's Most Wanted list as of September 2025.
2025-09-10 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-us-government-did-not-junk-cases-vs-quiboloy
2025-09-05T07:32:57.244834+00:00
Joel Villanueva has resigned from the Philippine Senate
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1ESwt7375H/
Facebook page Filipina Glitz
2025-08-28 00:00:00
False
Villanueva has not resigned as senator. He remains Senate majority leader of the 20th Congress and was present during the Senate's plenary session on Sept. 3.
2025-09-05 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-villanueva-did-not-resign-as-senator
Donald Trump claimed that his late uncle John, a former MIT professor, had taught "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuJNQy3FrR0
Donald Trump
2025-07-15 00:00:00
False
Kaczynski attended Harvard and later the University of Michigan. Trump's uncle died in 1985, while Kaczynski wasn't arrested until 1996.
2025-08-27 00:00:00
https://www.dw.com/en/trump-changing-the-narrative-historical-facts-iraq-invasion-smithsonian-museums-censorship-slavery/a-73772563
2025-08-26T16:00:24.485563+00:00
"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq75y75XAkM
JD Vance
2025-08-24 00:00:00
False
In World War II, both Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally. As the World War I armistice was being negotiated, Germany won small concessions, but the allies generally imposed their will, an approach that strengthened with the Treaty of Versailles. Other unconditional surrenders include the Third Punic War, in which Rome conquered Carthage.
2025-08-26 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/26/jd-vance/world-war-ii-negotiations-unconditional-surrender/
2025-08-26T06:20:59.856395+00:00
U.S. President Donald Trump will get former president Rodrigo Duterte from the custody of the International Criminal Court.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP6SGLxyVGI
YouTube channel Viral BalitaPhilippines
2025-08-19 00:00:00
False
There are no official reports or statements from the White House confirming the claim. The video merely uses an unrelated clip of Harry Roque.
2025-08-26 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-trump-will-not-get-duterte-out-of-the-icc
2025-08-20T08:07:59.86952+00:00
Sen. Robinhood Padilla was removed from office and sentenced to prison after he was supposedly caught using marijuana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8MaA7qCRAw
YouTube channel by TATAK TRENDING PH
2025-08-18 00:00:00
False
Sen. Robinhood Padilla remains a member of the Senate. No credible news reports or press releases from the chamber have been published regarding the senator's supposed use of marijuana inside the Senate premises.
2025-08-20 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-robin-padilla-not-expelled-over-false-marijuana-use-claim
2025-08-20T04:01:09.158795+00:00
The government is stopping the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps
https://www.facebook.com/lynturla.briones/posts/pfbid02ECJTJNcueRwJ6nYmsLauGv1cUVdCupWhfUgGyt5ZqSiHMA8FqoX6MLtG6cHwSHvCl
Facebook user
2025-07-19 00:00:00
Fake
The 4Ps conditional cash transfer program is institutionalized under Republic Act 11310. It cannot be abolished without Congress passing another law to repeal it.
2025-08-20 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-govt-not-stopping-4ps
2025-08-19T21:11:08.54662+00:00
With voting machines, "They say we're going to have the results in two weeks. With paper ballots, you have the results that night."
https://www.livenowfox.com/news/trump-executive-order-mail-in-ballots-voting
Donald Trump
2025-08-18 00:00:00
False
Machines that tabulate votes are faster and more accurate ballot-counters than humans, according to studies and past election experience. Eliminating vote-counting machines and relying solely on humans to count paper ballots would, in most cases, lengthen the vote-counting time and require more personnel and money. Large jurisdictions would be particularly affected because they handle larger numbers of ballots, often with numerous races.
2025-08-19 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/19/donald-trump/Trump-voting-machines-paper-ballots-count-election/
President Trump said the U.S. is "now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-in Voting.”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115049485680941254
President Donald Trump
2025-08-18 00:00:00
False
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an organization that advances democratic political processes around the world, in 2024 reported that 11 nations besides the U.S. allow all their voters to use some form of mail-in voting.
2025-08-19 00:00:00
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/factchecking-trumps-claims-about-mail-in-ballots-voting-machines-and-states-role/
2025-08-15T05:33:23.392869+00:00
The League of Cities v. Comelec case was decided unanimously by the Supreme Court then overturned later on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Vdtt3lT-0
Risa Hontiveros
2025-08-06 00:00:00
False
None of the decisions in the League of Cities v. Comelec case was unanimous. The case saw three different reversals by the Supreme Court from 2008 to 2011.
2025-08-15 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-hontiveros-errs-on-reversal-of-unanimous-sc-rulings
2025-08-14T09:47:56.527749+00:00
The Judicial and Bar Council has disqualified Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla from the race for Ombudsman.
https://www.facebook.com/mqreyes/posts/pfbid0FDAcfbgVdVDA3aocqvkJ9Y26ucUryygoSZj8JHu2FnG93fg4wDULmV7Pk3wSoo4ul
Facebook user MJ Quiambao Reyes
2025-08-09 00:00:00
False
The Judicial and Bar Council has yet to begin the vetting process, and will do so only after the official list of applicants under consideration is published, according to Supreme Court Spokesperson Camille Ting.
2025-08-14 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-remulla-not-disqualified-from-ombudsman-race
2025-08-14T09:47:43.092616+00:00
The Department of Social Welfare and Development approved a P1,500 monthly pension for Filipino senior citizens.
https://www.tiktok.com/@teoditacalades66/photo/7533507648574999828
TikTok user Judith Calades0427
2025-08-01 00:00:00
False
The DSWD dismissed the claim as “fake.” A new law must be passed to raise the pension for indigent senior citizens from P1,000 to P1,500, according to the agency.
2025-08-14 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-increase-in-dswd-pension-for-senior-citizens
The data show mRNA vaccines "fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu."
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-winds-down-mrna-development-under-barda.html
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
2025-08-05 00:00:00
False
The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives, and mRNA-based influenza vaccines have shown promise.
2025-08-07 00:00:00
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/08/rfk-jr-justifies-cuts-to-mrna-vaccine-projects-with-falsehoods/
2025-08-06T14:40:55.687698+00:00
The International Criminal Court has dismissed the crimes against humanity case against former president Rodrigo Duterte.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOqzoLrNQKE
YouTube channel Viral Balita Philippines
2025-08-03 00:00:00
False
The ICC has yet to begin the trial of Duterte in connection with his bloody drug war. It has set for Sept. 23 the confirmation of charges hearing against the former president.
2025-08-06 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-unrelated-footage-used-to-falsely-claim-icc-dismissal-of-duterte-case
2025-08-06T02:33:44.875904+00:00
Jackie Chan was killed during heavy flooding in China last July.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14Giyfz6NpQ/
Facebook page Amazing TV
2025-08-02 00:00:00
Fake
Jackie Chan is alive and was not among the reported casualties of flooding in Beijing. The photo in the post was made using artificial intelligence.
2025-08-06 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-beijing-floods-did-not-kill-jackie-chan
2025-08-05T22:20:17.314182+00:00
Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers “were rigged” when the agency revised them “down by almost 900,000 jobs” after the 2024 election.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/08/05/watch-cnbcs-full-interview-with-president-donald-trump.html
Donald Trump
2025-08-05 00:00:00
Pants on Fire
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced an 818,000-job downward revision as part of a standard, annual review process in 2024. The agency didn’t keep this secret until after the November election. It released the data on Aug. 21, 2024 — on the eve of Kamala Harris’ nomination at the Democratic National Convention, and long before any American had cast a ballot. Trump complained about the revision the day it was released.
2025-08-05 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/05/donald-trump/bls-firing-jobs-revision-election/
2025-08-05T06:57:50.065716+00:00
Celebrity-Chef Marvin Agustin is advertising frying pans and other kitchen ware
https://www.facebook.com/61577623244705/videos/1249104036675366/?__tn__=%2CO-R
FB page Marvin Agustin official
2025-07-21 00:00:00
Fake
The video of Marvin Agustin promoting kitchen ware was created using AI by an impostor page. The actor said he was no longer endorsing the product and warned about similar scams using his name.
2025-08-05 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-impostor-marvin-agustin-pages-post-fake-honeycomb-pan-ad
2025-08-04T04:02:30.306342+00:00
Rodrigo Duterte had “possibly flown to Singapore” after the International Criminal Court supposedly granted him interim release.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1E8Pm3xP6P/
Facebook page Boom Media - Lapu Lapu
2025-07-26 00:00:00
False
ICC spokesperson Fadi El-Abdallah confirmed that “there is no change in the status of [former president Rodrigo Duterte],” noting “he is still in the ICC detention center.”
2025-08-04 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-duterte-still-detained-not-temporarily-released-to-singapore
2025-08-04T04:02:14.961314+00:00
Vicente Sotto III elected Senate president of the 20th Congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoPq5DYu2BE
YouTube channel BOSS BALITA TV
2025-07-28 00:00:00
False
Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero was reelected as Senate president of the 20th Congress. Sotto is the minority leader.
2025-08-04 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-sotto-not-elected-senate-president
2025-07-29T11:55:46.207667+00:00
Vehicle dealer Motortrade is currently giving away 150 motorcycles in celebration of its anniversary.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/168VGfbuGt/
Facebook user Motortrade-Fans
2025-07-20 00:00:00
Fake
In a July 24 Facebook advisory, Motortrade denied hosting such a giveaway and warned the public against impostor accounts spreading false information.
2025-07-29 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-motortrade-not-hosting-vehicle-giveaway
2025-07-28T06:13:32.070736+00:00
The House of Representatives can no longer appeal the Supreme Court's unanimous decision declaring the Articles of Impeachment against VP Sara Duterte unconstitutional.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pPyvf5GrQg
YouTube channel The Journalist's Opinion
2025-07-26 00:00:00
False
While the High Court's ruling is immediately executory, SC spokesperson Camille Ting said the House may still file a motion for reconsideration.
2025-07-28 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-house-can-still-appeal-sc-decision-declaring-vp-saras-impeachment-unconstitutional
2025-07-25T09:02:33.350535+00:00
A text on Facebook warned netizens against alleged members of the ISIS group disguising themselves as healthcare workers to infect and kill people with “AIDS virus” under the pretense of giving vaccinations.
https://www.facebook.com/alma.luis.3139/posts/pfbid02CkCTnyCj8dseTy32c741giCTaVa9xZw16t485UkWgFcoc5S1xTsGc9uBqTvfHM1Zl
Facebook user Alma Morante Luis
2025-07-19 00:00:00
False
In a July 22 advisory, the Department of Health-Cagayan Valley Center for Health Development debunked the claim, saying that spreading the “AIDS virus” through vaccinations is “misleading and malicious.” The DOH and the Philippine National Police have debunked similar chain messages as early as 2018.
2025-07-25 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-old-false-warning-of-isis-spreading-aids-virus-revived-on-fb
2025-07-24T18:24:16.25891+00:00
“Nations who accept the new regulations [WHO International Health Regulations] are signing over their power in health emergencies to an unelected international organization that could order lockdowns, travel restrictions, or any other measures."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ID0s-oLyA
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
2025-07-18 00:00:00
False
The WHO doesn't have authority to order countries to take certain measures when responding to a pandemic or other public health emergency. The group can only make recommendations.
2025-07-24 00:00:00
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/rfk-jr-hhs-wrong-about-who-power-under-updated-global-health-regulations/
2025-07-22T22:27:53.521244+00:00
Tariffs are “going to pay off our deficit.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-full-transcript-07-20-2025/
Howard Lutnick
2025-07-20 00:00:00
False
Two projections show that the Trump administration tariff revenues would not cover the next 10 years of projected deficits.
2025-07-22 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jul/22/howard-lutnick/trump-tariffs-pay-off-federal-deficit/
2025-07-21T04:09:20.524366+00:00
Retail chain Gaisano Capital has an ongoing giveaway of various items and even cash.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19VEuNk5ez/
FB page Gaisano Capital
2025-07-09 00:00:00
Fake
On July 14, the official Facebook page of Gaisano Capital issued an advisory warning the public about an impostor page circulating a post about a fake announcement of giveaways of various items and cash.
2025-07-21 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-impostor-fb-pages-post-fake-gaisano-capital-giveaways
2025-07-17T09:24:03.288003+00:00
Filipino cardiologist and online health personality Willie Ong is endorsing the eye health product Lutein Gummies.
https://www.facebook.com/61576000152793/videos/1514387229524033
Facebook page Lutein-Essential Eye Nutrition
2025-07-08 00:00:00
Fake
The clips featured in the ad were manipulated using artificial intelligence. The original videos came from short-form clips uploaded in the YouTube channel of Ong in 2024.
2025-07-17 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-ai-manipulated-clips-of-willie-ong-used-for-fake-eye-product-endorsement
2025-07-16T15:15:21.570041+00:00
A form of weather modification called cloud seeding caused the July 4 flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas.
https://x.com/HustleBitch_/status/1941885940462412199
Social media posts
2025-07-06 00:00:00
False
It’s not plausible that available weather modification techniques caused or influenced the July 4 flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas.
2025-07-16 00:00:00
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/weather-modification-played-no-role-in-texas-floods/
2025-07-11T13:24:25.620737+00:00
The Commission on Audit's unmodified opinion clears Vice President Sara Duterte ahead of the impeachment trial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_YIeP2xXWY
YouTube channel Pinoy Views and Opinion
2025-07-09 00:00:00
False
An unmodified opinion does not necessarily mean that there were no irregularities found in the agency. The OVP received the same audit opinion last year but was flagged for two of its projects.
2025-07-11 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-coa-unmodified-opinion-did-not-clear-vp-sara-ahead-of-impeachment-trial
2025-07-10T22:23:22.42212+00:00
China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-cabinet-meeting-july-8-2025/#199
Donald Trump
2025-07-08 00:00:00
Pants on Fire
China has about 44% of the world’s wind farm capacity, ranking No. 1 globally and almost tripling what the U.S. has.
2025-07-10 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jul/10/donald-trump/china-very-few-wind-farms-renewable-energy/
2025-07-08T11:56:05.048817+00:00
Actress Coney Reyes is endorsing a milk product that helped her recover from Alzheimer's disease.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19R58qgLcf/
Facebook user Coney Reyes
2025-06-24 00:00:00
Fake
Coney Reyes has not shared that she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, nor has she issued any official endorsement of the product. Mind-Max, the milk supplement advertised, is not FDA-approved.
2025-07-08 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-coney-reyes-not-endorsing-milk-product-claiming-to-treat-alzheimers
2025-07-07T03:25:25.917159+00:00
President Bongbong Marcos said OFW execution was “deserved.”
https://www.facebook.com/reel/722856766966618
Facebook user Daisy Duran Mongan, YouTube channel BangonPilipinas Vlog
2025-04-29 00:00:00
False
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. did not say the execution of an OFW was “deserved.” In the clip taken from an Oct. 29, 2024 interview, the president noted the Saudi government's efforts to make sure that the execution was justified.
2025-07-07 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-marcos-did-not-say-ofw-deserved-execution
2025-07-03T05:41:41.477906+00:00
Actress Charo Santos is endorsing the eye supplement product Lutein Gummies.
https://www.facebook.com/61574255292169/videos/698358109651212
Facebook user PGH Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
2025-06-22 00:00:00
Fake
The video was manipulated using artificial intelligence. The original clip posted on Feb.13 shows Charo Santos giving relationship advice to a letter sender.
2025-07-03 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-impostor-page-uses-ai-edited-video-of-charo-santos-to-promote-eye-supplement
2025-07-03T05:41:26.033209+00:00
The Department of Education will start implementing Saturday classes in elementary and high school starting July 5, 2025.
https://www.facebook.com/share/16eBPHbdEs/
Facebook page Education News Update
2025-06-26 00:00:00
Fake
It is not true that the Department of Education (DepEd) will implement Saturday classes for elementary and high school starting July 5. DepEd disowned the circulating graphic and called it “fake” in its July 1 advisory.
2025-07-03 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-circulating-deped-graphic-announcing-saturday-classes-fake
2025-07-02T11:31:01.244278+00:00
House Speaker Martin Romuladez was hospitalized due to heatstroke.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1663699791006120
Facebook page Duterte Active Supporters
2025-06-27 00:00:00
False
In a June 29 advisory, the House of Representatives Fact-Check categorically denied and condemned what it described as “dangerous and defamatory lies,” while declaring that Romualdez is in “excellent health.”
2025-07-02 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-romualdez-did-not-suffer-heatstroke
2025-07-01T04:26:28.51287+00:00
Vice President Sara Duterte is having the same fate as Fernando Lopez Sr., the vice president of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who was supposedly impeached in 1966.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1454791732545218
Facebook user
2025-06-26 00:00:00
False
No reliable sources state that then vice president Fernando Lopez was impeached in 1966. News reports, local historians and political pundits have cited Sara Duterte as the first-ever Philippine vice president to be impeached.
2025-06-30 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-video-falsely-relates-sara-dutertes-impeachment-to-fernando-lopezs-1966-exclusion-from-nsc
2025-07-01T04:26:06.98856+00:00
The Ombudsman has convicted Vice President Sara Duterte and ordered her imprisonment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgh3AFvdTxk
YouTube channel BOSS BALITA TV
2025-06-26 00:00:00
False
The Ombudsman has started its preliminary investigation of Duterte's alleged misuse of confidential funds. Being an impeachable official, Duterte may only be investigated but not prosecuted by the Ombudsman.
2025-06-30 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-ombudsman-did-not-convict-sara-over-alleged-fund-misuse
2025-07-01T04:25:43.410616+00:00
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Philippines' return to the International Criminal Court as a member, and that the ICC has arraigned Vice President Sara Duterte and Harry Roque.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgh3AFvdTxk
YouTube channel BOSS BALITA TV
2025-06-20 00:00:00
False
What Malacañang said was that the president was willing to discuss the possibility of the country rejoining the ICC. No charges are filed in the ICC against Duterte and Roque, nor is an arraignment underway.
2025-06-30 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-marcos-order-for-ph-to-rejoin-icc
2025-07-01T04:25:22.890817+00:00
The International Criminal Court will file charges against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1TAWtmyZDs
YouTube channel Viral PHNews
2025-06-28 00:00:00
False
There are no verified reports indicating that the ICC is pursuing charges against the president. Harry Roque only mentioned that Marcos Jr. may face impeachment due to alleged constitutional violations regarding Rodrigo Duterte's arrest.
2025-06-30 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-video-of-harry-roque-used-to-falsely-claim-icc-will-charge-marcos-jr
2025-07-01T04:24:41.203075+00:00
Supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte are rejoicing after he has been released from detention in The Hague
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1213400166730607/
Facebook user
2025-06-21 00:00:00
False
The clip was from a 2022 video of Duterte's arrival at the renovated Boystown Davao for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
2025-06-30 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-clip-from-2022-used-to-claim-duterte-now-free
2025-06-30T11:53:11.667+00:00
The Supreme Court issued a decision to strip Vice President Sara Duterte and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero of power.
https://www.facebook.com/magsasakamabuhaykahtv/posts/pfbid08Q8Rpuhq2FfJeQzpm8EXKY4BSWKQJFqr6SEB3FhA8JhJk2HwjxG8DXs4FgWVL8vil
Facebook page Magsasaka Mabuhay Ka
2025-06-28 00:00:00
False
There is no SC decision or statement removing Vice President Sara Duterte and Senate President Chiz Escudero from their respective positions.
2025-06-30 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-vp-sara-chiz-escudero-not-stripped-of-power
2025-06-30T09:05:57.670599+00:00
The International Criminal Court has sentenced former president Rodrigo Duterte to life imprisonment.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/155LKzCAR4e/
Facebook page Ph NewS
2025-06-28 00:00:00
Fake
Former president Rodrigo Duterte's case in the International Criminal Court is still at the pre-trial stage. It is not true that the court has already sentenced him to life imprisonment. ABS-CBN News has disowned the circulating graphic.
2025-06-30 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-graphic-on-icc-convicting-duterte-with-life-imprisonment-fake
2025-06-30T04:47:46.629841+00:00
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander-in-chief Gen. Hossein Salami was killed in Israel's airstrikes on Iran's nuclear site in Natanz.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=667842659590113
GOOD News Philippines
2025-06-23 00:00:00
False
IRGC general Hossein Salami was found dead in a military site in Iran's capital Tehran, and not in the vicinity of a nuclear site in Natanz.
2025-06-30 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-irans-top-general-not-killed-in-nuclear-site-airstrike
2025-06-30T04:14:56.295922+00:00
The release paper of former president Rodrigo Duterte has been approved.
https://www.facebook.com/kitty.veroniica.duterte/posts/pfbid0u2jYhodQovLzruruWMRCnmoXYhUbQcYSpcc2oLT3i1bC1duMFevUJyxgqwj1GFpql
Facebook page Kitty Veronica Duterte fans
2025-06-18 00:00:00
False
The International Criminal Court has yet to decide on the interim release plea of former president Rodrigo Duterte. The screenshots in the thumbnail were taken from the Public Redacted Version of the Urgent Request for Interim Release document filed by Duterte's defense counsel on June 12.
2025-06-30 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-posts-falsely-claim-dutertes-release-paper-approved
2025-06-27T07:55:08.885815+00:00
Sen. Risa Hontiveros vows to “defy the Constitution.”
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1218255722828118
Facebook user Gwapa Sauna
2025-06-23 00:00:00
False
A circulating video of Sen. Risa Hontiveros vowing to “defy the Constitution” was edited to mislead. The clip was extracted from her June 9 media conference where she emphasized that she would not allow the Senate to defy the Constitution in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
2025-06-27 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-video-of-hontiveros-vowing-to-defy-the-constitution-misleads
2025-06-26T09:24:36.042283+00:00
Tito Sotto has announced his intention to file a bill lowering the early retirement age to 39.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AZ3BL5ZoV/
FB page Jigger EVE TV
2025-06-22 00:00:00
False
There is no record of senator-elect Tito Sotto announcing in a radio interview his plan to file a bill lowering the early retirement age to 39 years old.
2025-06-26 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-announcement-to-push-for-lowering-early-retirement-age-to-39
2025-06-24T09:41:05.92773+00:00
United States President Donald Trump blames Israel for the deaths in Gaza.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/625246829882676
Facebook user MPIAN VLOG
2025-06-21 00:00:00
Fake
There is no official record of Trump making such a statement. The voice heard in the video is highly likely to have been generated using artificial intelligence
2025-06-24 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-video-of-trump-blaming-israel-for-gaza-casualties-fake
2025-06-24T08:41:35.053393+00:00
All senior high school and college students will undergo drug-testing for academic year 2025-2026.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16SyG5rPwT/
Facebook page Educational News and Updates
2025-06-18 00:00:00
Fake
DepEd and CHED did not announce that drug testing will be a mandatory requirement for all senior high school and college students this academic year. Drug testing in schools is conducted randomly.
2025-06-24 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-mandatory-drug-testing-for-shs-college-students-fake
2025-06-19T11:04:43.661954+00:00
Israel surrenders to Iran amid the ongoing conflict between the two countries
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1022139343403907
Facebook user
2025-06-17 00:00:00
Fake
The video is generated using Google's generative AI model Veo. As of writing, there are no official sources saying Israel has surrendered to Iran.
2025-06-19 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-video-of-israeli-soldier-surrendering-to-iran-fake
2025-06-18T12:27:37.422837+00:00
The International Criminal Court has granted the petition of former President Rodrigo Duterte for interim release from his detention center.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1057859952401610
Facebook page Tuliling's VlogTv
2025-06-14 00:00:00
False
The International Criminal Court has made no decision yet on the matter. The ICC's Office of the Prosecutor said it will make its decision public soon.
2025-06-18 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-icc-decision-yet-on-dutertes-interim-release-petition
2025-06-18T04:07:06.970294+00:00
Vice President Sara Duterte will no longer be impeached after several senators resigned and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero was “stripped of power.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YHBALKudDQ
YouTube channel TATAK TRENDING PH
2025-06-14 00:00:00
False
The YouTube video merely used footage from the June 11 Senate session, where Senate President Francis Escudero delivered his losing statement and some outgoing senators gave their valedictory speeches. No resignation was shown in the video. Escudero was not stripped of power. He said earlier he would remain as Senate president unless a majority votes to replace him.
2025-06-18 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-resignation-of-senators-escudero-not-stripped-of-power
2025-06-17T13:49:44.888764+00:00
Former President Rodrigo Duterte can now be released from detention in The Hague, the Netherlands, following the defense team's request for his interim release to an undisclosed country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykQZPdaXTJc
YouTube channel The Journalist's Opinion
2025-06-13 00:00:00
False
Duterte remains detained in The Hague, Netherlands. The Pre-Trial Chamber I has yet to rule on the Defense's June 12 request for his interim release.
2025-06-17 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-icc-has-not-ruled-on-duterte-interim-release-plea
2025-06-17T00:48:51.662356+00:00
The suspect in the Minnesota lawmakers’ shootings was driven by “Marxist” ideology.
https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1934262175582822629
Sen. Mike Lee
2025-06-15 00:00:00
Pants on Fire
Available evidence doesn’t support Sen. Mike Lee’s assertion that Vance Boelter was driven to attack Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota because of his “Marxist” ideology. People who knew Boelter said he was politically right-leaning.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jun/16/mike-lee/minnesota-shooter-ideology-boelter-marxist/
2025-06-16T09:47:41.431093+00:00
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos has endorsed an investment platform in partnership with Elon Musk.
https://www.facebook.com/61575724017055/posts/10091505004239633
Facebook page Philippine Daily Inquirer Updates
2025-06-15 00:00:00
Fake
The circulating video was manipulated through artificial intelligence (AI). The government does not have such a project and GMA Integrated News did not publish a report on “TradeVector AI.”
2025-06-16 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-video-of-marcos-endorsing-trading-program-with-elon-musk-ai-manipulated
2025-06-16T09:47:26.954254+00:00
The Department of Education has moved the start of classes from June 16 to June 23.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DnsryngSu/
Facebook page Pilipinas Ngayon
2025-06-14 00:00:00
Fake
No announcements are posted on DepEd's official channels about rescheduling the start of classes. Schools across the country proceeded to reopen this Monday, with about 27 million enrollees.
2025-06-16 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-start-of-classes-not-moved-to-june-23
2025-06-16T06:40:26.971516+00:00
Coney Reyes suffered a stroke and endorsed a recovery method developed by Dr. Enrique Tayag.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EZkBoaxyv/
Facebook page Constancia Angeline Reyes Nubla
2025-06-03 00:00:00
Fake
Coney Reyes has not publicly shared any narrative about suffering a stroke. The photo in the ad is from a 2017 post where Reyes' son, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, underwent surgery and the website link sells an untested milk product. Former DOH spokesperson Enrique Tayag is an epidemiologist, not a neurologist.
2025-06-16 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-coney-reyes-did-not-endorse-stroke-treatment
2025-06-13T10:42:55.121804+00:00
Taal Volcano recently erupted and caused a massive tsunami last June 9, 2025.
https://web.facebook.com/endisnear33/posts/pfbid0rgS38eCs6MGZjdg626FDaCAYFQAaKciXp9FvbKY6XxjuMGSChf9hSFUCkqWLzz3Wl
Facebook user EndTimes News
2025-06-09 00:00:00
Fake
The photo used is AI-generated. The PHIVOLCS recorded only Alert Level 1 on June 9, which means there is “moderate level of seismic activity with some felt events.”
2025-06-13 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-tsunami-violent-eruption-at-taal-volcano
2025-06-13T10:25:14.403045+00:00
The impeachment case of Vice President Sara Dutere was “functionally dismissed.”
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1342355120193930
Ujan Lyn Luntod Sabuero
2025-06-04 00:00:00
False
Sen. Francis Tolentino's speech in the Senate on June 2 was only a manifestation. Duterte's case was remanded to the House of Representatives on June 10 but “not dismissed” according to Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano.
2025-06-13 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-vp-sara-impeachment-case-not-functionally-dismissed
2025-06-13T07:38:21.227401+00:00
Four judges of the International Criminal Court, including one in charge of the probe into the charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte, have been imprisoned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zm9K5ip8Ek
YouTube channel Robin Sweet Showbiz
2025-06-06 00:00:00
False
While the United States did impose sanctions on four women ICC judges, it only involved freezing their assets and property interests in that country. It did not include imprisonment.
2025-06-13 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-icc-judges-not-imprisoned-2
2025-06-11T10:10:16.591158+00:00
Senate President Franciz “Chiz” Escudero helped former president Rodrigo Duterte return to the Philippines
https://www.tiktok.com/@rivera_official2/photo/7511916367122074898
TikTok user rivera_official2
2025-06-04 00:00:00
False
This is an old photo taken on Sept. 28, 2026 when former president Rodrigo Duterte, accompanied by some senators and Cabinet members, went to Vietnam for an official visit.
2025-06-11 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-duterte-not-coming-back-home-with-help-from-chiz
2025-06-10T22:08:02.737619+00:00
If the “Big, Beautiful” tax and spending bill doesn’t pass, “there will be a 68% tax increase.”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114632555927229642
Donald Trump
2025-06-05 00:00:00
False
If the 2017 tax law is not extended through passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill," taxes will increase, but by far less than President Donald Trump said. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center projects that the increase would be about 7.5% overall.
2025-06-10 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jun/10/donald-trump/big-beautiful-bill-tax-increase-68-percent/
2025-06-10T07:50:01.377201+00:00
The DSWD is providing educational cash assistance ranging from P2,000 to P6,000 to students from elementary to college, with payouts scheduled every Saturday from June 7 to 28.
https://www.tiktok.com/@dswd.news.update/video/7511519213484281095
TikTok page DSWD NEWS UPDATE
2025-06-03 00:00:00
Fake
In a June 5 advisory, the DSWD said it no longer provides direct educational cash aid but instead implements the “Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program,” under which beneficiaries are paid to tutor elementary students struggling how to read.
2025-06-10 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-educational-cash-aid-from-dswd
2025-06-10T05:24:23.307338+00:00
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos signed a new law prohibiting the Philippines from borrowing money.
https://www.tiktok.com/@fb_shesolivia/video/7510881895861734674
TikTok user @fb_shesolivia
2025-06-01 00:00:00
False
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos did not sign a new law prohibiting the Philippine government from borrowing money.Neither is there a provision in the Maharlika Investment Fund Act signed in 2023 that prevents the country from domestic or foreign borrowing.
2025-06-09 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-new-law-prohibiting-ph-from-borrowing-money
2025-06-05T12:47:39.849388+00:00
Chiz Escudero killed Duterte impeachment case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EL9mDA1Gmo
YouTube page PINAS NEWS INSIDER
2025-06-03 00:00:00
False
Escudero only delayed the reading of charges in the Articles of Impeachment from June 2 to June 11
2025-06-05 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-escudero-did-not-dismiss-duterte-impeachment-case
2025-06-04T10:00:20.06396+00:00
Classes on June 16, 2025 are suspended due to the spread of the Mpox virus.
https://www.facebook.com/alex.patual.blase/videos/1686219002012132
FB user Alex Blase
2025-06-01 00:00:00
Fake
There are no official announcements from the Department of Education (DepEd) or the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) regarding class suspension due to Mpox.
2025-06-04 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-class-suspension-on-june-16-due-to-mpox-fake
2025-06-03T13:19:34.651608+00:00
SM City Bacolod is promoting a 70% discount on Casio G-Shock watches.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16GaKEEuZD/
Facebook page SM City Bacolod
2025-05-26 00:00:00
Fake
The pages that promoted the discounts are impostors. Casio has been warning since 2024 against third-party resellers who offer discounts and ask for payment or personal information.
2025-06-03 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-sm-impostor-pages-post-fake-casio-g-shock-sale
2025-06-03T13:19:17.646042+00:00
A public advisory has been issued on the supposed implementation of a lockdown in the country to contain the rapid transmission of monkeypox (mpox) virus.
https://www.facebook.com/share/16PUsFqJma/
Facebook page Health News Ph
2025-05-30 00:00:00
False
In a May 31 advisory, the DOH warned the public against the false claim circulating online, noting that “there is no need for a lockdown because mpox is not airborne.”
2025-06-03 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-doh-says-no-lockdown-due-to-monkeypox
2025-06-03T11:26:34.204275+00:00
Metro Manila will be placed under General Community Quarantine starting June 10 to prevent the spread of a so-called ‘Mpox COVID-19' variant.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FnVKpKdys/
Facebook page Gov.ph Update
2025-06-01 00:00:00
Fake
The Department of Health said there is no need for a lockdown due to Mpox cases because the virus is not airborne. The post used an edited version of a 2020 ABS-CBN News news card.
2025-06-03 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-lockdown-in-ncr-due-to-mpox-covid-19-variant
2025-06-03T09:45:04.843586+00:00
Imee Marcos hugged and kissed Nicholas Kaufman, lawyer of former president Rodrigo Duterte, at The Hague.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3009161062579382
Facebook user
2025-05-29 00:00:00
Fake
The video merged two official photos and edited with artificial intelligence to make it appear Marcos and Kaufman were hugging and kissing.
2025-06-03 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-video-of-imee-hugging-kissing-kaufman-is-fake
2025-05-28T14:24:58.486012+00:00
A link supposedly allows motorists to check online if they have violations under the reimplemented No Contact Apprehension Program by the MMDA.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/919160152236837/posts/1929006204585555/
Facebook user
2025-05-26 00:00:00
Fake
n a May 26 advisory, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said the circulating link claiming to allow motorists to check if they have violations following the resumption of the No Contact Apprehension Program is not official.
2025-05-28 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-circulating-link-for-checking-ncap-violations-fake
2025-05-28T14:24:43.994059+00:00
Furzero Bee Venom Joint and Bone Pain Relief Cream can cure joint pain, and the product is endorsed by Dr. John Anthony Dueñas.
https://www.facebook.com/61572920647571/videos/499845603178567/
Facebook page Philippine Orthopedic Center 24h
2025-03-12 00:00:00
Fake
The page that posted the video is an impostor. The clip of Dr. John Anthony Dueñas was edited with artificial intelligence. Dueñas said he does not endorse any product. Furzero Bee Venom Joint and Bone Pain Relief Cream is not registered with the Food and Drug Administration.
2025-05-28 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-fake-ad-claims-bee-venom-cream-can-heal-joint-pain
2025-05-28T03:44:33.03039+00:00
All Malasakit Centers are going to distribute a P5,000 cash aid in all barangay halls.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1Jub3J755F/
Facebook page Malasakit By Barangay Hall
2025-05-26 00:00:00
Fake
Sen. Bong Go, principal author of the law which enacted Malasakit Centers, said posts claiming such fabricated claims are scams.
2025-05-28 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-p5000-barangay-payout-from-malasakit-centers
2025-05-27T11:58:51.510643+00:00
Isulan City in Sultan Kudarat has a new international airport.
https://www.facebook.com/zenaida.madaliday.96/posts/pfbid0VW2WuPbSeC9hRWgrt6gtygsvaq6RioRokgWoT5EmpeCcqpnshYwDe2fevQaUtVUxl
Facebook user
2025-05-24 00:00:00
Fake
There is a 99.6% chance the photo is AI-generated, according to artificial intelligence (AI) detecting tool Hive Moderation.
2025-05-27 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-photo-of-isulan-city-international-airport-in-sultan-kudarat-fake
2025-05-27T07:50:08.341111+00:00
The P5,000 universal social pension for senior citizens has been approved and will soon be released.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE53x-YO9sU
Youtube channel PH Pension News
2025-04-30 00:00:00
False
Although a bill granting social pension to all senior citizens had passed in the House of Representatives, it is still pending at the committee level in the Senate.
2025-05-27 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-p5k-social-pension-for-senior-citizens-not-yet-a-law
2025-05-26T09:33:19.378898+00:00
Bong Go and the Malasakit Centers are giving out P5,000 for school supplies and allowance to students.
https://www.facebook.com/reighnni/posts/pfbid0at3HaQsYzdvsXCePACbyacdwjQXzrxiCXCxcBexFfdNTPzJML8btjVkYGYWXSA8Pl
Facebook page Malasakit - Cash Assistance
2025-05-22 00:00:00
Fake
In a May 23 advisory, Sen. Bong Go cautioned the public against believing messages from several fake Facebook accounts and pages claiming that he or the Malasakit Center is giving out cash assistance to anyone who sends them a message.
2025-05-26 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-bong-go-malasakit-centers-not-giving-out-p5k-for-school-supplies-allowances
2025-05-23T09:00:04.474986+00:00
Over 17 million Filipinos had their ballots invalidated due to overvoting for senators.
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Facebook page Joie De Vivre
2025-05-16 00:00:00
False
The Commission on Elections reported only 1.4 million people who overvoted for senator in the May 12 elections. The 17 million figure refers to the total number of invalidated ballots for overvoting.
2025-05-23 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-14-million-people-overvoted-for-senators-on-may-12-not-16-17-million
2025-05-22T21:59:48.777157+00:00
In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-gaggle-us-capitol-meeting-may-20-2025/#19
Donald Trump
2025-05-20 00:00:00
False
The legislation includes some provisions that can improve the detection of beneficiaries who aren’t eligible for Medicaid coverage. However, the bill also cuts reimbursements for states that cover people in the U.S. illegally, mandates that recipients work 80 hours a month, and bans payments to nonprofits that provide abortions. These changes align with Republicans’ ideological views.
2025-05-22 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/may/22/donald-trump/medicaid-waste-fraud-abuse-changes/
2025-05-22T13:08:22.40374+00:00
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is the original author of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
https://www.tiktok.com/@lynnlynn1789/video/7504611437365562632?lang=en
TikTok user @lynnlynn1789
2025-04-14 00:00:00
False
Marcos never filed a bill for free college tuition, neither as a senator in the 15th and 16th Congress nor as a congressman in the 9th and 15th Congress. He was not a senator when the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act was passed in the 17th Congress.
2025-05-22 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-marcos-not-original-author-of-free-college-tuition-law
2025-05-22T13:08:07.804924+00:00
Former Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV will be appointed as new secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government
https://www.facebook.com/LeniKamiSaAntique/posts/pfbid02NXj8FFBuWRHQpmGESqCEGDmgqk6UVuaWaNjHX78zYxx6AU1gwnXo38YsQKxyWvw8l
Facebook page ANG BAYAN KO
2025-05-16 00:00:00
False
Since Trillanes lost the Caloocan mayoralty race in the recently concluded elections, he is prohibited by law from holding any position in the government for a year.
2025-05-22 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-trillanes-not-appointed-as-new-dilg-secretary
2025-05-21T20:01:54.436071+00:00
President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-briefing-karoline-leavitt-may-19-2025/
Karoline Leavitt
2025-05-19 00:00:00
False
The bill, and its deficit impact, are changing as Congress negotiates. However, multiple independent analyses project that if implemented, the bill would increase deficits by $3 trillion to $4 trillion over the next decade.
2025-05-21 00:00:00
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/may/21/karoline-leavitt/donald-trump-reconciliation-bill-deficit/
2025-05-20T11:00:50.867534+00:00
The Department of Education will no longer be accepting students for Kindergarten and Grade 11 starting June
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Facebook page PRC Board Online Updates
2025-04-27 00:00:00
Fake
In a May 14 advisory posted on their official FB page, the DepEd debunked the circulating graphic and called it “fake news.”
2025-05-20 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-deped-did-not-abolish-kinder-grade-11
2025-05-20T10:58:32.003338+00:00
Former president Rodrigo Duterte is returning home to the Philippines.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3032131486939223
Facebook user
2025-05-16 00:00:00
False
A video greeting from Vice President Sara Duterte for her father's 80th birthday was edited to falsely claim that the former president will soon be returning home.
2025-05-20 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-vp-sara-duterte-did-not-say-father-is-returning-from-the-hague
2025-05-19T11:20:16.084403+00:00
Bong Go admitted that Sara Duterte has no contribution to his successful Senate bid.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EQaQV5B1z/
Facebook user
2025-05-16 00:00:00
Fake
The Manila Bulletin has disowned the circulating graphic. Contrary to the claim, Go thanked Duterte for endorsing him in his proclamation speech last May 17.
2025-05-19 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-graphic-of-bong-go-saying-sara-duterte-has-no-contribution-to-his-reelection-bid-fake
2025-05-19T11:20:01.435728+00:00
The Department of Education announced the addition of Grade 13 level to senior high school starting the school year 2025–2026.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18sxtZsZNi/
Facebook page Educational News
2025-05-17 00:00:00
Fake
DepEd labelled this as “fake news” in a statement issued on May 18 as it reminded the public to be cautious and discerning against misinformation.
2025-05-19 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-deped-says-no-inclusion-of-grade-13-in-senior-high-school
2025-05-19T11:19:45.92796+00:00
LCC Supermarket is giving away washing machines and refrigerators.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AHeqFkYTT/
Facebook user LCC Supermarket
2025-05-15 00:00:00
Fake
The official page of LCC said the post is fake and warned that the account is impersonating the supermarket chain.
2025-05-19 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-lcc-washing-machine-refrigerator-giveaway-fake
Pro-Duterte senatorial bets had no campaign money
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Facebook user Joie De Vivre Every Other Day
2025-05-14 00:00:00
False
Senators Bong Go and Bato Dela Rosa were among the top spenders in the midterm elections, based on reports as of March 2025.
2025-05-16 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-claim-that-pro-duterte-senatorial-bets-had-no-campaign-money-false
2025-05-15T08:04:01.68379+00:00
The Dutch in The Netherlands made a sculpture of former president Rodrigo Duterte
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Bagong Pilipinas 2022
2025-05-13 00:00:00
Fake
The image is fake and generated using artificial intelligence.
2025-05-15 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-duterte-sculpture-in-the-netherlands-is-ai-generated
2025-05-15T08:03:41.182674+00:00
The Department of Education announced that senior high school will be optional starting next school year.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CLSigmEoQ/
Facebook page Edukasyon
2025-05-07 00:00:00
False
On April 4, DepEd released a draft of its revised senior high school curriculum, streamlining the tracks from four to two and core subjects from 15 to five, in the next school year starting June. The document never mentioned anything about making Grades 11 and 12 optional or skipping senior high school altogether.
2025-05-15 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-deped-directive-for-optional-senior-high-school
2025-05-15T05:52:15.313971+00:00
Kris Aquino has been bewitched and passed away.
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Facebook users Trendy News, Dingmar's Happy House
2025-05-11 00:00:00
Fake
Aquino debunked the rumors in an Instagram and Facebook post, saying she's tired of all the “fake news” surrounding her condition.
2025-05-15 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-kris-aquino-death-bewitched-rumors-fake
2025-05-15T03:12:52.63848+00:00
Former president Rodrigo Duterte's case was junked by the International Criminal Court and he will be released soon, according to the ICC website.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/695426846313875/
Facebook user
2025-05-08 00:00:00
False
The ICC did not junk the charges against former president Rodrigo Duterte. No such announcement can be found on its ICC website. He remains in detention while awaiting the confirmation of charges hearing on Sept. 23.
2025-05-15 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-icc-did-not-junk-charges-vs-duterte
2025-05-14T07:57:28.416076+00:00
Erwin Tulfo and Richard Gomez argued after exposing a secret government-backed income program.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BRDybmpA9/
Facebook user Globonews-24
2025-05-05 00:00:00
False
The photo is a screengrab from a plenary session on Dec. 2024, where the two Congressmen, Tulfo and Gomez, debated on an amendment of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2022.
2025-05-14 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-tulfo-gomez-heated-exchange-used-to-promote-crypto-website
2025-05-13T08:57:53.452462+00:00
As of 2 p.m. on May 12, 2025, Davao del Norte already has election results.
https://www.facebook.com/davnorfactsofficial/posts/pfbid02yjWoNjgE4y7K7XELDNkuvHu5hnssTNCkCHU1CZH6j6FzYQyAeLcsZePez2J2PY5Kl
FB page DAVNOR FACTS
2025-05-12 00:00:00
Fake
The Comelec has not released election results as of 2 p.m. today. The post showed a fake tally of votes for Davao del Norte. According to the Comelec, the transmission of votes will start around 7 p.m., once poll precincts close.
2025-05-12 00:00:00
https://verafiles.org/articles/fact-check-no-election-results-yet-davao-del-norte-tally-is-fake