“US President Donald Trump expresses support for Duterte”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
Vera Files says: There are no verified records of Trump or any official U.S. government agency issuing such a statement on Duterte's arrest.
Politics and government
4,511 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Video shows marches in Quiapo and Cebu showing support for former president Rodrigo Duterte.”
Vera Files rated this: False
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.
“Dear Modi ji, The Tamil Nadu government does not endorse Hindi. Next time, when they ask for funds, kindly issue them a check written in Tamil. 1. They will be exposed if they ask to change it to English. 2. If they accept it, your crores are safe in the bank, as no bank will encash it.”
Youturn rated this: false
“document on X (formerly Twitter) purportedly depicting Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi’s resignation letter”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“image on X (formerly Twitter) claiming to show a meeting between Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi, popularly known as Irro and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, in Dubai”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“link circulating in WhatsApp groups in Uganda claiming that President Yoweri Museveni is offering cash in the form of a development grant”
PesaCheck rated this: Hoax
“post on X (formerly Twitter) claiming the National Resistance Movement party flag bearer, Faridah Nambi, was declared the winner of the March 2025 Kawempe North by-election”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“Video shows Vice President Sara Duterte in Hong Kong surrounded by Filipinos chanting in favor of her impeachment.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
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.
“Karnataka Cabinet clears bill for Muslim quota in contracts - 2% quota for contractors - 1% quota for suppliers. Congress kept Hindus busy fighting over language while silently benefiting their vote bank. No SC-ST-OBC activists are outraged either?”
Youturn rated this: Misleading
“The intoxication of power and the importance of officers... When there was a Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh was the chief minister. Then the police personnel had to organize an Iftar party in the police station.”
Youturn rated this: false
“press release allegedly announcing the suspension of nominated Senator Shakila Abdalla as the Wiper Democratic Movement secretary-general”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“Taifa Leo newspaper front page on X (formerly Twitter) about Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka panicking”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“Video allegedly shows supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte gathering in the Netherlands following his arrest.”
Vera Files rated this: False
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.
“digital card submitted for fact-checking via PesaCheck’s WhatsApp Tipline with NTV Kenya branding and a quote from Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“Former president Rodrigo Duterte bid farewell to his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, following her supposed death.”
Vera Files rated this: False
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
“A quote card claiming that Rep. Stella Quimbo urged Vice President Sara Duterte to “resign out of shame and not wait for the impeachment trial.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
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.
“Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy paid tributes to a framed image of the ‘Six Guarantees’ announced by the Congress party during its poll campaign in 2023.”
ThePrint rated this: FALSE
“The viral video shows police serving food to Muslim students at an Iftar gathering organised by the police in Uttar Pradesh during the Samajwadi Party’s rule under Akhilesh Yadav.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The video is from Solapur, Maharashtra, not Uttar Pradesh. It shows an Iftar gathering hosted by Solapur Police Commissioner Harish Baijal for Urdu school students on 27 April 2022. While the Samajwadi Party has hosted …
“TV Host and comedian Vice Ganda expressed support for former president Rodrigo Duterte amid news of his arrest”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
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.