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Vera Files says: Nakakulong pa rin sa Netherlands si Duterte dahil sa mga kaso ng libo-libong pinatay sa kanyang drug war. Hindi pa nagdedesisyon ang ICC tungkol sa pormal na pakiusap ng mga abogado ni Duterte.
Vera Files says: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ordered Pfizer and Moderna to update their COVID-19 vaccine warnings to include heart damage risk. However, the warning refers only to increased risk and not guaranteed damage. The …
Vera Files says: The original video posted on June 14 carried the hashtag #AI and was labeled by Meta as AI-generated. The video also contains a watermark from Veo, an AI video generation tool by Google.
Vera Files says: The International Criminal Court has made no decision yet on the matter. The ICC's Office of the Prosecutor said it will make its decision public soon.
Vera Files says: The YouTube video merely used footage from the June 11 Senate session, where Senate President Francis Escudero delivered his losing statement and some outgoing senators gave their valedictory speeches. No resignation wa…
Vera Files says: Duterte remains detained in The Hague, Netherlands. The Pre-Trial Chamber I has yet to rule on the Defense's June 12 request for his interim release.
Vera Files says: Coney Reyes has not publicly shared any narrative about suffering a stroke. The photo in the ad is from a 2017 post where Reyes' son, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, underwent surgery and the website link sells an untested…
Vera Files says: The circulating video was manipulated through artificial intelligence (AI). The government does not have such a project and GMA Integrated News did not publish a report on “TradeVector AI.”
Vera Files says: No announcements are posted on DepEd's official channels about rescheduling the start of classes. Schools across the country proceeded to reopen this Monday, with about 27 million enrollees.
Vera Files says: Two of the circulating photos show the site of an Air India plane that crashed in 2010. These do not show the Air India plane that hit a building in Ahmedabad, India on June 12, as some posts claimed.
Vera Files says: The circulating posts cut relevant portions of Escudero’s speech during the June 9 plenary session of the Senate. It was not about the dismissal of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment case. He said he will not be …
Vera Files says: While the United States did impose sanctions on four women ICC judges, it only involved freezing their assets and property interests in that country. It did not include imprisonment.
Vera Files says: The photo used is AI-generated. The PHIVOLCS recorded only Alert Level 1 on June 9, which means there is “moderate level of seismic activity with some felt events.”
Vera Files says: Sen. Francis Tolentino's speech in the Senate on June 2 was only a manifestation. Duterte's case was remanded to the House of Representatives on June 10 but “not dismissed” according to Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano.
Vera Files says: This is fake. Neither ABS-CBN News nor TV Patrol has published such a graphic in any of their official social media channels. The ICC has not announced the dismissal of the crimes against humanity against Duterte.
Vera Files says: Noong June 5 ay nilinaw ng DSWD na hindi na sila direktang namimigay ng ayuda sa mga estudyante: Sa halip, ipinatutupad ng Kagawaran ang reformatted educational assistance sa pamamagitan ng Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program,…
Vera Files says: Ang mga hula kung kailan mangyayari ang Big One ay hindi na bago at ilang beses nang napasinungalingan. Wala pang teknolohiya sa buong mundo na kayang hulaan ang eksaktong araw, oras, at lugar ng mga lindol, ayon sa PHI…
Vera Files says: This is an old photo taken on Sept. 28, 2026 when former president Rodrigo Duterte, accompanied by some senators and Cabinet members, went to Vietnam for an official visit.
Vera Files says: In a June 5 advisory, the DSWD said it no longer provides direct educational cash aid but instead implements the “Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program,” under which beneficiaries are paid to tutor elementary students struggling…
Vera Files says: President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos did not sign a new law prohibiting the Philippine government from borrowing money.Neither is there a provision in the Maharlika Investment Fund Act signed in 2023 that prevents the …