“99% of COVID-19 deaths were caused not by the coronavirus but by other diseases”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
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“Renaming of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Manila International Airport (MIA) has been approved”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be revealed. Maria Ressa's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize is fake news.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Photo of DOH-WHO press briefing in which a curtain was used as table cloth was taken on Feb. 6, 2021”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“There was a red flood in Indonesia. A person claimed that the phenomenon is "unexplained," another said it is edited.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs Context
“Ang University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman ay ang nag-iisang campus na mayroong private army.”
Vera Files rated this: Kailangan ng konteksto
Vera Files says: Sa walong nasasakupang unibersidad ng UP, dalawa lamang — ang UP Diliman at UP Los Baños — ang may kani-kanilang puwersa ng pulisya sa unibersidad, na kasalukuyang pinatatakbo sa ilalim ng pangangasiwa ng kani-kanilang …
“Ayala Corp. president Fernando Zobel de Ayala said "Luxury isn’t for the lazy. One reason why money exists is to separate dreamers who execute their dreams from people who sleep and dream”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Katuwang ni Ninoy Aquino si Jose Maria Sison sa pagtatatag ng Communist Party of the Philippines.”
Vera Files rated this: Walang batayan
Vera Files says: Mismong si Sison ang nagpasinungaling sa pahayag, na tahasang sinabi na "si Ninoy Aquino ay hindi maaaring maging isang komunista o tagapagtatag ng [CPP]." Sinabi pa niya na walang "pormal na alyansa" sa pagitan ni Aqui…
“Ninoy Aquino co-founded the Communist Party of the Philippines with its founding chairperson Jose Maria Sison.”
Vera Files rated this: No basis
Vera Files says: Sison himself has denied the claim, saying categorically that "Ninoy Aquino could not have been a communist or founder of the [CPP]." He further said there was "no formal alliance" between Aquino and the party. Several …
“The elderly will now be given P25,000 as they reach the ages of 80, 85, 90 and 95, under an amended Centenarians Act of 2016 or Republic Act 10868.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“The University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman is the only campus that has a private army.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: Among UP’s eight constituent universities, only two — UP Diliman and UP Los Baños — have their own university police forces, which currently operate under the supervision of their respective Office of the Vice Chancello…
“Video shows a zombie apocalypse happening in Africa and India”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Kabataan Party-list Rep. Sarah Elago wants to disband those who hinder the CPP-NPA”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Singer Jovit Baldivino is dead.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“ASEAN countries have rolled out vaccination programs as well.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs Context
Vera Files says: As of Feb. 2, only Indonesia, Singapore, Lao PDR, and Myanmar have begun their vaccination programs. The Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam are expecting vaccine supplies in mid- to late February. Br…
“Inilunsad din ng mga bansa sa ASEAN ang mga programa sa pagbabakuna.”
Vera Files rated this: Kailangan ng Konteksto
Vera Files says: Simula noong Peb. 2, ang Indonesia, Singapore, Lao PDR, at Myanmar lamang ang nagsimula ng kanilang mga programa sa pagbabakuna. Inaasahan ng Pilipinas, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, at Vietnam ang mga supply ng bakuna …
“Sara Duterte officially announced her candidacy for the 2022 presidential elections”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Ang litrato ng Manila Bay shoreline ay nagpapakita na ang buong kahabaan mula sa bakod ng US Embassy-Manila hanggang sa breakwater ng Manila Yacht Club ay natakpan na ng durog na dolomite.”
Vera Files rated this: Peke
Vera Files says: Ang litrato ay minanipula at maraming beses nang na-debunk ito ng mga fact-checker. Ang orihinal na litrato, na nai-post noong Set. 17, 2020 ng isang netizen, ay nagpakita na ang aktwal na dolomite beachfront ay wala pa…
“Photo of the Manila Bay shoreline shows that the entire stretch from the fence of the US Embassy-Manila up to the Manila Yacht Club breakwater is now covered with crushed dolomite.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
Vera Files says: The photo is manipulated and has been debunked several times by fact-checkers. The original photo, posted Sept. 17, 2020 by a netizen, showed that the actual dolomite beachfront was less than half the width and length o…
“China's new coast guard policy is "none of our business;" it is China's business what law it passes.”
Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop
Vera Files says: While enacting law is a sovereign prerogative, China's new coast guard law is "a verbal threat of war" to any country that defies it and, if unchallenged, is submission to it.