Claim: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he could not be blamed for Sara Duterte’s legal troubles, that he could not protect her from her case, and that if a president did so, “corruption” would be the result. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A viral Facebook graphic posted by SeniorContinue Reading
President Traitor 47 and other federal officials are claiming that deals the administration has struck with pharmaceutical companies are “rescuing state budgets” or helping to “save Medicaid” by saving the program tens of billions of dollars on prescription drugs over a decade. But experts say there are many unanswered questionsContinue Reading
Claim: Malabon City Lone District Representative Antolin “Lenlen” Oreta III pointed out Vice President Sara Duterte’s multiple travels to The Hague, Netherlands while bringing up President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s modernization plan for the Philippines. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The quote attributed to the congressman was posted on FacebookContinue Reading
Claim: Forty-six lawmakers from the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the height of Vice President Sara Duterte’s own impeachment trial. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: Facebook user Boss Onin posted a video reacting to a supposed news card announcing an alleged impeachment complaintContinue Reading
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Claim: An arrest warrant was issued against Senator Raffy Tulfo, who was then apprehended by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The thumbnail of the YouTube video bearing the claim shows Tulfo alongside an image of a purported Supreme Court (SC) warrant andContinue Reading
Claim: Delivery company J&T Express is hiring, and interested applicants for the positions of repackers and sorters can apply through the link attached to the job post. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The posts bearing the claim have been circulating in different Facebook groups, including those named “SSS atContinue Reading
In the Maine Senate race, ads from a Democratic super PAC misleadingly claim Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote to “cover up the Epstein files” and received “$3 million to her super PAC” from “Jeffrey Epstein’s business partner.” Collins supported an Epstein-files disclosure bill in November that required theContinue Reading
Claim: Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his son, House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos, would be jailed if a member of the Duterte family becomes president in 2028. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A viral quote card featuresContinue Reading
Claim: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he would slap the Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the House of Representatives with a lawsuit. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A quote card attributed to Zuckerberg, dated September 17, reads: “U.S. government nga nahihirapan sakin e tapos kayoContinue Reading
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