Relissa Lucena, NICA chief Alex Monteagudo

2 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2021 to 2021. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by Vera Files2 May 2021PhilippinesFilipino

“Nagkakalat ng mali at walang ebidensyang post sa Facebook si NICA chief Alex Monteagudo na nagta-tag sa COURAGE at SENADO bilang mga front ng kilusang komunista. Ang na-share na post ay nagsasabing dapat nang tumigil ang apat na senador ng oposisyon sa pagtatanggol sa COURAGE na 52 taon nang front ng CPP-NPA-NDF.”

Vera Files rated this: Hindi totoo

Vera Files says: Ang COURAGE, na itinatag noong Mayo 1986, ay 35 taon na, hindi 52 tulad ng sinabi sa post na ibinahagi ni NICA director general Alex Monteagudo. Ang CPP ang itinatag nang higit 52 taon na ang nakalilipas, noong Disyembr…

Checked by Vera Files2 May 2021Philippines

Relissa Lucena, NICA chief Alex Monteagudo

“NICA chief Alex Monteagudo shares inaccurate and unsubstantiated Facebook post that tags COURAGE and SENADO as fronts of the communist movement. The shared post says four opposition senators should stop defending COURAGE that has been operating for 52 years as a front organization of the CPP-NPA-NDF.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: COURAGE, having been founded in May 1986, has been around for 35 years, not 52 as the post shared by the NICA director general Alex Monteagudo claimed. It was the CPP that was established more than 52 years ago, in Dece…