Claim: Senate President Pro Tempore Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said Vice President Sara Duterte “should be convicted immediately” and that the Senate should no longer follow due process in her impeachment trial. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A Facebook graphic was posted by user “Eduardo Ortega Jr.” on JulyContinue Reading
Announcing a pause on more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding to Minnesota and California last month, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz accused state officials of being too lax about fraud, citing among other things the results of a provider verification process in Minnesota andContinue Reading
This past summer was the hottest ever recorded…again. As monthly heat records fell one by one worldwide, wildfires also became front-page news throughout 2023. From across North America, Greece, Chile, Algeria, and Kazakhstan among many others, wildfires burned uncontrollably. The striking orange New York City skyline was the result ofContinue Reading
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, long before vaccines became available, many countries acted to curb the spread of the virus by imposing restrictions on people’s movement called lockdowns. Lockdowns have saved lives by reducing the physical interactions between infected and uninfected people, which in turn reduces transmissionContinue Reading
1.5 is an important number in climate science. It is the recommended target, in degrees Celsius, to which global warming should be limited relative to preindustrial levels, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science[1]. Further, the legally binding Paris Agreement tasksContinue Reading
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Claim: Cagayan de Oro 1st District Representative Lordan Suan proposed to have slain vlogger Alicia Lipata, popularly known as Mima Alicia, buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim was posted on July 30 by Facebook page Birada Kagay-an, which has 11,000 followers.Continue Reading
Claim: Acting Dasmariñas City Mayor Elpidio “Thirdy” Barzaga gave the Commission on Elections (Comelec) P50 million, as his mother is among the candidates in the special elections for the vacant Cavite 4th District seat in the House of Representatives. Rating: MISSING CONTEXT Why we fact-checked this: The claim was postedContinue Reading
Claim: Former House speaker Martin Romualdez has been arrested after being implicated in the multi-billion flood control corruption scandal. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A YouTube channel named “POLITICALPHTV” uploaded a video containing the claim on July 29. The video is titled “Kapapasok lang! Kulong na! Sa wakas! MayContinue Reading
New Jersey’s governor announced that “a software error” in the state’s motor vehicle registration system resulted in 6,600 noncitizens being improperly added to the state’s voter registration list. The state’s preliminary investigation found that up to 400 votes were cast by noncitizens, far fewer than the “thousands of votes” claimedContinue Reading
In one month, from May to June, overall inflation in the U.S. dropped at the “fastest rate in more than six years,” as President Traitor 47 said in late July remarks. But he has repeatedly cited the statistic while wrongly suggesting that the inflation rate is now “way down” fromContinue Reading
If your tap ran dry and stores closed down, where would you get your freshwater? Water is essential to human life – so important, in fact, that civilizations throughout history have developed around this vital resource. In modern times, many people are fortunate enough to rely on a running tap,Continue Reading
Coral reefs and their ecosystems serve important roles on Earth – they flourish with biodiversity, providing habitat to 25% of known marine species [1,2] , and offer coastal protection from storm surges and cyclones [1] . However, coral reefs are also one of the most sensitive marine ecosystems on Earth,Continue Reading