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FACT CHECK: No meteor photographed during Magnitude 7.4 quake in Mindanao

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There was no meteor captured on camera during the Magnitude 7.4 earthquake that rocked parts of Mindanao at 10:37 p.m. on Saturday. Facebook user Yrram Neaj Sonreb Itmana posted the false photo following the tremor that shook parts of Mindanao in the southern Philippines.  “What is the meaning of this. Na capture lang saku night […]

FACT CHECK: No rice priced at P20-level per kilo in Davao City

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Old photos of rice priced at the P20-level per kilo in Davao City have resurfaced on Facebook to boost the campaign promise of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. With three weeks before the May 9 elections, the former senator from Ilocos Norte, should he win, had vowed to subsidize the price of rice and bring […]

FACT CHECK: No SWS April 2022 survey showing Marcos retains lead in presidential race

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A post circulating on Facebook claiming that former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. retains the lead in an April 2022 presidential preference survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) is false. SWS, which usually posts its survey results on its website and often accompanied them with media releases, did not conduct such survey. A check […]

FACT CHECK Only DSWD, and not politicians, can remove beneficiaries from 4Ps list

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A post on Facebook that beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) could not get their benefits or will be removed from the list if they will not vote the reelectionist governors and mayors in their areas is fake news. The threat has been circulating in Mindanao provinces since last month, according to various […]

FACT CHECK Photo of P203-B Marcos estate tax in Samal ‘sari-sari’ store is altered

The original photo was published on the front page of the Philippine Daily Inquirer on October 27, 2006. It was taken by Mindanawon journalist Dennis Jay Santos to accompany his story on how a sari-sari (mom-and-pop) store owner unconventionally collected debts owed by neighbors in their community in Samal Island, Davao del Norte. Store owner […]

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