“The “Marcos wealth” will be used to fund the new administration’s Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino program”
Vera Files rated this: False
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“Teddy Casiño and Nato Reyes were arrested by police”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Bongbong Marcos has expressed support for Vhong Navarro who is embroiled in a rape case.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Leni Robredo said, "When the rain stops pouring then the sun suddenly shines, that’s climate change.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“The wealth of the Marcoses, including gold, stored in over 170 banks worldwide, will be used to fund the economic program and other priority projects of Bongbong Marcos' administration”
Vera Files rated this: False
“A crowd of spectators ran away from a monstrous cobra rising out of a body of water”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Ang inflation ay "hindi dahil sa anumang mga lokal na kadahilanan; ito ay talagang dahil sa halaga ng palitan ng peso sa dolyar.”
Vera Files rated this: Nakaliligaw
Vera Files says: Sa isang email sa VERA Files Fact Check, sinabi ni Sonny Africa, executive director ng IBON Foundation, na habang ang pagtaas ng pandaigdigang presyo ng pagkain at ang pagbaba ng piso, na dulot ng pagtaas ng interes sa …
“Bongbong Marcos is the wealthiest among all the “presidents and kings in the world”
Vera Files rated this: False
“If Filipinos would be asked, they would say that there are no crimes against humanity that occurred in the Duterte administration's war on drugs.”
Vera Files rated this: No basis
Vera Files says: The ICC considers a “widespread or systematic” attack on a civilian population pursuant to a state policy, whether explicit or not, as one of the main elements of crimes against humanity. In August 2021, the Victims Par…
“Inflation is "not due to any local factors; it's really about the exchange rate.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: Sonny Africa, executive director of IBON Foundation, told VERA Files Fact Check in an email that while rising global prices of food and the depreciation of the peso, driven by interest rate hikes in the United States, a…
“Kung ang mga Pilipino ang tatanungin, sasabihin nila na walang krimen laban sa sangkatauhan na nangyari sa giyera kontra droga ng administrasyong Duterte.”
Vera Files rated this: Walang basehan
Vera Files says: Isinasaalang-alang ng ICC ang isang "laganap o sistematikong" pag-atake sa isang populasyong sibilyan alinsunod sa isang patakaran ng estado, tahasan man o hindi, bilang isa sa mga pangunahing elemento ng mga krimen lab…
“Photo shows infrastructure equipment gifted by Singapore to Bongbong Marcos”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“Bongbong Marcos announced at the UN General Assembly that he gave an order to disallow Xi Jinping to enter Philippine territory”
Vera Files rated this: False
“News5 published a report calling Bongbong Marcos "ungas”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“The international community had already made a strong statement and taken a position declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the National People's Army, as a terrorist group.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: Other countries' declaration of an entity as “terrorist” is not part of the Philippines’ requirements to designate groups as “terrorist” under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020.
“Xi Jinping has been arrested and replaced by Li Qiaoming”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Ang Pilipinas ay nananatiling on track para maabot ang upper middle-income status sa 2023 sa kabila ng mga hamon ng pandemic at ng pagkadiskaril ng pandaigdigang ekonomiya.”
Vera Files rated this: Kailangan ng konteksto
Vera Files says: Sa isang briefing noong Hulyo 26 kasunod ng State of the Nation Address ng pangulo, sinabi ni Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan na maaaring maabot ng bansa ang upper middle-income status sa 2024 “kung m…
“May halos 4.5 milyong drug addict sa Pilipinas.”
Vera Files rated this: Kailangan ng konteksto
Vera Files says: Habang ang mga resulta ng 2019 National Household Survey on the Patterns and Trends of Drug Abuse na inilabas ng Dangerous Drugs Board ay nagpapakita na mayroong 4.7 milyong lifetime users ng droga na nasa edad 10 hangg…
“The Philippines remains on track to reach upper middle-income status by 2023 despite the challenges of the pandemic and the global economic upheavals.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: In a July 26 briefing following the president’s State of the Nation Address, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said the country could reach upper middle-income status by 2024 “assuming that we’ll achiev…
“There are close to 4.5 million drug addicts in the Philippines.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: While the results from the 2019 National Household Survey on the Patterns and Trends of Drug Abuse released by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) show that there are 4.7 million lifetime users of drugs aged 10 to 69, only …