“The punishment for rape in Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, U.A.E, and Afghanistan is the death penalty”
Vera Files rated this: Needs Context
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“A doctor from the “Spain Medical Doctors Association” said her organization was “amazed” at Duterte, and questioned why Filipinos show him hatred despite his efforts.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Drinking boiled hikaw-hikaw after doing suob/tuob or steam inhalation therapy will cure anyone with COVID-19”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Former senator Bam Aquino said, "It is an open fact that Aquino is a family of heroes.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“I don't know the people behind the group pushing for a "revolutionary government.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: President Duterte knows the leaders and has, in fact, attended a number of public gatherings of the Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte-National Executive Coordinating Committee, which organized the Aug. 22 assembly of the People…
“Mar Roxas announced he is running for office in the 2022 elections.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Mayon volcano in Albay acted up after a 6.6 earthquake in Masbate.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“One only needs to eat food with a pH level “higher than the virus” to beat COVID-19”
Vera Files rated this: False
“The Makabayan bloc is calling for the resumption of peace talks between the government and communist rebels”
Vera Files rated this: Needs Context
“The ZZ plant, or zamioculcas zamiifolia, can cause cancer from the chemical release of its flower”
Vera Files rated this: False
“These photos show the Metro Cebu Expressway connecting Naga City and Danao City.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Vaccines are made from the human body.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: A vaccine is a product that contains a "killed" or "weakened" version, or parts of of a pathogen, such as a virus, that is used to train the body's immune response to an infection.
“I get a salary worth only P194,000 every month.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: President Duterte understated his salary -- for at least the fifth time on VERA Files Fact Check's count -- by half. His basic monthly salary is P388,096.
“Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. died due to COVID-19”
Vera Files rated this: False
“The country "witnessed the horrors of [the] increasing trend of crime rate" after the death penalty was abolished.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: Crime rate went down by around the year after the death penalty was repealed, from 82.57 percent in 2006 to 68.55 percent in 2007, then slightly up again at 74.75 percent in 2008. It ballooned to over 550 percent the fo…
“The National Bureau of Investigation will look into the wealth of Sen. Risa Hontiveros, former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino Jr. and resigned Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president and CEO Ricardo Morales following allegations of corruption in PhilHealth”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
“TV host and actress Kris Aquino was rushed to the hospital after testing positive for "COV...," hinting at COVID-19”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“Drinking warm water mixed with salt or vinegar will kill the virus causing COVID-19.”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Until Aug. 13, Education Secretary Leonor Briones was firm that NCR and Region IV-A "will not be gravely affected" by the opening of classes on Aug. 24.”
Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop
Vera Files says: On Aug. 14, she said President Duterte approved her Aug. 6 recommendation to defer the opening of classes by six weeks due to "challenges" in the preparations brought about by "limitations of movement" of the DepEd staf…
“Protest rallies held in June and July contributed to the upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines.”
Vera Files rated this: No Basis