VERA Files is a non-profit news organisation in the Philippines that runs a fact-checking service.
Vera Files says: Robin Padilla did not urge Sara Duterte to undergo a lie detector test during the impeachment trial proceedings. Padilla's office has disowned the circulating quote card.
Vera Files says: The original photos published by The Philippine Star show no flooding or pieces of trash around the L-shaped flood barriers installed in Quezon City by the MMDA on July 10.
Vera Files says: No credible media organization has reported on such a claim, which the bogus graphics presented as “breaking news.” No other public records corroborate this remark attributed to Sotto.
Vera Files says: No official statement, interview, or report from credible media outlets indicates that Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong criticized Sen. Joel Villanueva for joining the majority bloc in the Senate. In a June 14 interv…
Vera Files says: The audio clip of VP Sara Duterte was taken out of context. She was referring to her father's appeal for interim release which was accessible on the ICC website. The court denied the request and did not dismiss the form…
Vera Files says: President Bongbong Marcos did not admit to being the mastermind behind the flood control corruption scandal. The reel was edited. The publisher omitted words and rearranged clips from the original video published in Nov…
Vera Files says: Sen. Loren Legarda never showed up at the Senate plenary session on June 2. The pictures show her presiding over a committee hearing that morning.
Vera Files says: The AFP denounced the video, stating that the allowance reform went through the appropriate legal channels and that no political bargaining occurred.
Vera Files says: The News5 report used in the posts was published in July, when Claire Castro filed her courtesy resignation as part of the standard transition process of then newly appointed Presidential Communications Office Secretary…
Vera Files says: Neither Alex Eala's camp nor Babolat, a French sports equipment company, has released any statement about the gifting of a sports car to the tennis star. The post failed to give proof that the event actually happened, a…
Vera Files says: There is no official statement from the German government commenting on the Philippines' state.
Vera Files says: The Palace has said there were no plans to take legal action against the senator after she confirmed rumors of the president's alleged drug dependency.
Vera Files says: The video was originally taken in Dakar, Senegal in February 2022 during a parade celebrating the victory of their national football team in the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in history.
Vera Files says: The video was generated using artificial intelligence. Co never said he was forced to paint Marcos in a bad light in any of the three-part videos he published online.
Vera Files says: There is no provision in the 1987 Constitution that allows the swearing-in of a new president once a protest rally attendance reaches two million people. Historically, people power movements were able to oust presidents…
Vera Files says: The circulating videos announcing the distribution of ”school incentives” to students are fake and manipulated using AI.
Vera Files says: This is an old video taken on March 13, 2025 when Duterte arrived at the Scheveningen Prison in the Netherlands. As of Oct. 3, 2025, Duterte is still being held at the ICC detention facility.
Vera Files says: Resigned Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Zaldy Co and former House speaker Martin Romualdez were not arrested and are now facing imprisonment. The Senate will only invite them to attend the next Senate Blue Ribbon Committee he…
Vera Files says: As of Oct. 3, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I has yet to decide on the request for interim release filed by Duterte's legal team in June, the international tribunal's website shows.
Vera Files says: The clip was taken from a 2017 NBC interview of Trump. In the fake video, Trump's mouth movements are unnatural and do not match the audio.