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Vera Files says: The circulating video does not show marches in support for former president Rodrigo Duterte. It shows Catholic devotees in separate processions in Quiapo and Cebu City on January 9, 2025.
Vera Files says: Former president Duterte's initial appearance before the ICC, set for March 14 is only part of the pre-trial phase.
Vera Files says: The video is altered. An audio clip from a protest march in the Philippines on Jan. 21, 2025 was overlaid on the Hong Kong clip.
Vera Files says: The video shows Serbian protesters demonstrating against their government on March 1 and is unrelated to the detention of Duterte in the Netherlands.
Vera Files says: Vice President Sara Duterte is alive. The photos of a grieving former president Rodrigo Duterte used in the videos and posts are from 2016 and 2023
Vera Files says: Quimbo's photo used in the fake quote card was from a Jan. 28 article about the 2025 national budget law, not Duterte's impeachment.
Vera Files says: The photo used to showcase the supposed bridge design during the Aquino administration was originally a “visual glossary” from DPWH, used to illustrate and define terminologies in its bridge aesthetic guidebook.
Vera Files says: The comedian refuted this fake screenshot. In an FB post, she denied the statement circulating on social media and advised the public to not believe such posts.
Vera Files says: No such exchange on diplomacy and Russia's concessions took place between Hegseth and a reporter in a press briefing after a NATO defense ministers' meeting on Feb. 13.
Vera Files says: The pope did not urge Catholics to do “15 acts of charity” and 11 things to fast from instead of not eating meat. The list came from religious blog sites, not from the pope himself.
Vera Files says: The Philippine Coast Guard only said it will acquire 49 new ships from France and Japan beginning 2027.
Vera Files says: An impostor page of the Philippine Orthopedic Center digitally altered an existing video of a licensed orthopedic surgeon to advertise a fake remedy to joint pain.
Vera Files says: Marbil remains as PNP chief. There has been no pronouncement from Malacañang that he has sacked Marbil from his post.
Vera Files says: Surgery is so far the only proven treatment for cataracts. Clear Sight Eye Drops is not registered with the Philippines' FDA.
Vera Files says: The survey results refer to the candidates' trust ratings, not voter preference as the infographic suggests.
Vera Files says: A clip of President Marcos supposedly pushing for the teaching of masturbation to four-year-olds was taken out of context. Last Jan. 20, he actually criticized a bill that he thought was pushing to include masturbation …
Vera Files says: Libel charges against Rep. Ace Barbers were filed in the Quezon City prosecutor's office on March 5.
Vera Files says: The video clips were taken during Pope Francis' general audience in Vatican City's Paul VI Hall on Aug. 21, 2024, not after the Pontiff's supposedly discharge from a hospital in Rome this February.
Vera Files says: The circulating video does not show the river in Argentina that turned blood-red in February. A closer look at the video shows telltale signs of AI-generated content such as distorted body parts and unnatural movements.
Vera Files says: The name of the establishment does not exist on Google Maps nor in the portal of DTI. It also uses photos and videos from a Batangas-based resort to scam people.