FactRakers is a fact-checking project based at the University of the Philippines.
FactRakers says: Images of disaster events in 2011 and 2016 were misused to depict the aftermath of the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that jolted western Japan last Jan. 1
FactRakers says: Aquino is alive and was even seen commenting on fellow actress Kim Chiu’s social media post on the day she allegedly died
FactRakers says: Missiles were bought during the Duterte administration
FactRakers says: The couple's old photos were altered to make it look as though they were promoting the product
FactRakers says: Footage from two previous disaster events in Japan was passed off as the aftermath of the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck western Japan on Jan. 1
FactRakers says: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in 2020 issued P500 coins with an eagle design as part of its set of commemorative currency. It did not release any such coins recently for circulation.
FactRakers says: Photos altered to make it seem Co endorses the unregistered product
FactRakers says: Old photos of flare warnings off Gibraltar Coast and South Korea were used instead of flares actually fired by China and Vietnam
FactRakers says: A TikTok video compiling the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s supposed accomplishments has misappropriated a 10-year-old photo of South Korea’s rocket launcher to claim that the rockets being fired from it were the…
FactRakers says: A series of images a YouTube video has claimed showcase the Philippine Navy’s recently acquired anti-warfare capability include three old images of Indian artillery, two of which are more than a decade old.
FactRakers says: The most recent list of infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs) from the National Economic Development Authority does not include the modernization of the Davao International Airport and construction of a Leyte-Surigao …
FactRakers says: JS Izumo, considered one of the Japanese Navy’s largest ships, was in the Philippines in August not because Japan donated it, but rather to participate in the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) Exercises 2023
FactRakers says: The creature is mythical
FactRakers says: The Philippines has not received “humanitarian aid” from HMS Bristol, which was decomissioned in 2020. The video uses the video used misleading images, including of another British Navy vessel
FactRakers says: A Facebook page omitted to mention it used a 2-year-old photo of Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) vessels at the disputed Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in 2021 in a post about a recent Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) report o…
FactRakers says: Vice President Sara Duterte received a trust rating of 75% in OCTA Research but the education department that she concurrently heads received an 80% satisfaction (not trust) rating
FactRakers says: House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City Rep. Manuel Jose Dalipe had urged former president Rodrigo Duterte to exclude the military and police from “partisan intrigues,” but did not tag Duterte in any coup plot
FactRakers says: The admissibility of cases into the International Criminal Court (ICC) falls under Article 17 of the Rome Statute, not in Article 1
FactRakers says: Joel Ruiz Butuyan, president of the Center for International Law (Centerlaw) and Roque’s former law partner, appears on the latest list of counsel released by the ICC on June 2.
FactRakers says: The Commission on Elections cited conspiracy in bribery and corruption as reason for disqualifying automated elections system (AES) provider Smartmatic on Nov. 29 from future Philippine elections, not voter return irreg…