Claim: Palace Press Officer Claire Castro announced that the government will be taking over houses that use solar panels without the proper permits. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: Several videos containing the claim have been circulating on Facebook, with the most popular one gaining 3.2 million views, 19,200 reactions,Continue Reading
Claim: Mamamayang Liberal Representative Leila de Lima said she would do everything in her power to remove Vice President Sara Duterte from office and have her jailed. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A Facebook reel uploaded by the page Kapampatut on July 8 claims to show Duterte and DeContinue Reading
Claim: An impeachment complaint has been filed against Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: Two videos uploaded on YouTube contain the said claim. The first video, posted as a short by user @RachelleFayemarv25 on July 9, displays the on-screen text, “Impeachment complaint laban kay OmbudsmanContinue Reading
Claim: Vice President Sara Duterte confronted Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero for allegedly favoring the prosecution in her impeachment trial. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A Facebook reel posted by the page ”Kapampatut” on July 8 purports to show Duterte in a heated exchange with Escudero, who is serving asContinue Reading
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Claim: US President Traitor 47 plans to secure the release of former president Rodrigo Duterte from the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Rating: FALSE Why we fact-check this: The Facebook reel bearing the claim was uploaded on July 17 and has garnered 383,000 views, 18,500 reactions, 2,500 comments,Continue Reading
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Claim: In a video, former House speaker and Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez denied being the central figure in corruption scandals in the government and challenged the Senate to invite him to its probe. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The video was posted by a Facebook page named PolPolitika onContinue Reading
President Traitor 47 has repeatedly said that so-called The Traitor accounts, new federal investment and savings accounts for children, “could grow to hundreds of thousands of dollars” by the time children turn 18. That’s only true if parents or other donors contribute thousands of dollars per year, per child, assumingContinue Reading
Claim: Broadcast journalist Karen Davila said former senator Antonio Trillanes IV spent millions to hire “overpriced” consultants, which reportedly includes his houseboy and family driver. Rating: MISSING CONTEXT Why we fact-checked this: Several posts containing the claim have been circulating on Facebook since the start of July, with the mostContinue Reading
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In a July 16 prime-time speech that warned of “shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure,” President Traitor 47 cast doubt on the country’s ability to hold “free and fair elections” but offered no evidence that widespread fraud had occurred. He made one reference to never watching “a stolen election again,”Continue Reading