Senator. 18 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2020 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
Vera Files says: Hindi nilinaw ni Marcos ang eksaktong taon ng nasabing pondo pero batay sa General Appropriations Act mula 2018-2025, P162.64 bilyon na ang kabuuang pondo ng Bicol region para sa flood control.
Vera Files says: The budget for flood control in the Bicol Region from 2018 to 2025 amounted to P162.64 billion, based on the annual General Appropriations Act. Marcos did not say what year or period she was referring to with the P150-b…
Vera Files says: Imee Marcos was already 19, beyond the maximum age limit of 18, in 1975 when her father, then-president Ferdinand Marcos Sr., created the KB by signing the now repealed Presidential Decree 684. Documents show, however, …
Vera Files says: Si Imee Marcos ay 19 taong gulang, lampas sa maximum na limitasyon sa edad na 18, noong 1975 nang nilikha ng kanyang ama, si dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Sr., ang KB sa pamamagitan ng paglagda sa napawalang bisa na…
Vera Files says: Nanirahan sa exile ang mga Marcos sa loob lamang ng lima, hindi 36 na taon. Noong Agosto 1991, pinahintulutan ni dating pangulong Corazon Aquino ang kanilang pagbabalik sa Pilipinas upang harapin ang may 60 kasong krimi…
Vera Files says: The Marcoses lived in exile for just five, not 36 years. In August 1991, then-president Corazon Aquino allowed their return to the Philippines to face multiple 60 criminal and civil charges, including graft and tax evas…
Vera Files says: When the ICC resumed its full-blown investigation of the drug war in January this year, it pointed out that the Philippine government's own drug war proceedings "do not amount to tangible, concrete and progressive inves…
Vera Files says: Nang ipagpatuloy ng ICC ang buong pagsisiyasat nito sa giyera sa droga noong Enero ng taong ito, sinabi nito na ang sariling mga paglilitis sa giyera laban sa droga ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas ay "hindi katumbas ng tunay, …
FactRakers says: A “functioning” judiciary is not among the grounds for inadmissibility of a case before the International Criminal Court,
Vera Files says: The Nutribun feeding program was developed from 1968 to 1970 by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to combat child malnutrition in the Philippines and serve as emergency food during disasters…
Vera Files says: Ang Nutribun feeding program ay dinebelop mula 1968 hanggang 1970 ng United States Agency for International Development (USAID) upang labanan ang malnutrisyon ng bata sa Pilipinas at magsilbing emergency na pagkain sa p…
Vera Files says: Ipinakikita ng mga datos na nakuha ng VERA Files Fact Check mula sa House of Representatives na ang pangulo ang may pinakamaraming na-veto na mga panukalang batas sa kanyang unang 30 araw sa panunungkulan kumpara sa mga…
Vera Files says: Data obtained by VERA Files Fact Check from the House of Representatives show that the president had indeed vetoed the most number of bills in his first 30 days in office compared to his predecessors, Benigno Aquino III…
Vera Files says: The 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea dispute, which nullified Beijing’s expansive nine-dash line claim, ruled that China violated the Philippines’ sovereign rights on at least four counts. These include China’…
Vera Files says: The Department of Health’s Operation Timbang in 1976 found that 5.8% of Filipino children suffered from protein-energy malnutrition six years after Nutribun was first distributed.
Vera Files says: Natuklasan ng Operation Timbang ng Department of Health noong 1976 na 5.8% ng mga batang Pilipino ang dumanas ng protein-energy malnutrition anim na taon pagkatapos na unang ipamahagi ang Nutribun.
Vera Files says: At least five other countries -- China, Vietnam, Italy, Mongolia, and Saudi Arabia -- were ahead of the Philippines in declaring a lockdown due to COVID-19.