+ Follow fact check Tag
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[Title] => Fact check: Viral claims about Risa Hontiveros' 2025 GAA insertions are misleading
[Summary] => Claims that Sen. Risa Hontiveros had 2025 budget insertions rely on unidentified documents and omit her opposition to the final budget.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 08:19:00
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[AuthorName] => Geraldine Santos
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[Title] => Fact check: Claim of five weather systems within, around PAR is misleading
[Summary] => A viral post misleadingly groups together a dissipated LPA, a typhoon outside PAR and three areas under observation as five active weather threats.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-07 17:13:00
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[AuthorName] => Geraldine Santos
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[Title] => Fact check: VP Sara's lead counsel Sheila Sison is not Jose C. Sison's daughter
[Summary] => A viral Facebook post falsely claimed that VP Sara Duterte’s lead counsel Sheila Sison is the daughter of TV host and lawyer Jose C. Sison.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-14 09:20:00
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[Title] => Fact check: Robin Padilla misleads on Zoom 'raw files' in Duterte trial
[Summary] => A Facebook post by Sen. Robin Padilla, claiming only a Zoom host's recording is the "original," and any other copy cannot be used for authentication, is misleading.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-09 17:43:00
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[AuthorID] => 1807493
[AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
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[Title] => Fact check: Viral video does not show Muslims joining INC rally in EDSA
[Summary] => A viral Facebook reel falsely claimed a group of Muslims joined the INC rally in EDSA, but the footage was taken at a different protest in Cotabato City.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-03 17:24:00
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[Title] => Fact check: Duterte has not won his ICC case, remains detained
[Summary] => A viral Facebook reel falsely claimed former President Rodrigo Duterte had won his ICC case and would soon return to the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-26 16:34:00
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[AuthorID] => 1808707
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[Title] => Fact check: Altered image falsely depicts Rene Baterbonia restrained
[Summary] => An altered photo falsely shows the late Rene Baterbonia restrained on a beach, with no official evidence supporting the claim.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-16 14:57:00
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[Title] => Fact check: Why Pasig City 'net worth' leap in viral post is misleading
[Summary] => The claimed P19-billion “net worth” for Pasig City in 2019 mentioned by a viral Facebook post is not supported by COA data.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-12 12:33:00
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[Title] => Fact check: Global war, La Niña are not 'force majeure' for Senate sessions
[Summary] => Sen. Robin Padilla broadly invoked “force majeure” by citing wars, terrorism, and La Niña despite no current disruption to Senate operations.
[DatePublished] => 2026-05-28 12:42:00
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[AuthorName] => Geraldine Santos
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[Title] => Fact check: UN did not ‘intervene’ in Rodrigo Duterte ICC case
[Summary] => A viral Facebook post falsely portrayed a Japanese NGO statement as United Nations intervention in Duterte’s ICC case.
[DatePublished] => 2026-05-21 11:58:00
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[Title] => Fact check: Viral claims about Risa Hontiveros' 2025 GAA insertions are misleading
[Summary] => Claims that Sen. Risa Hontiveros had 2025 budget insertions rely on unidentified documents and omit her opposition to the final budget.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-14 08:19:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
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[Title] => Fact check: Claim of five weather systems within, around PAR is misleading
[Summary] => A viral post misleadingly groups together a dissipated LPA, a typhoon outside PAR and three areas under observation as five active weather threats.
[DatePublished] => 2026-08-07 17:13:00
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[AuthorID] => 1808707
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[Title] => Fact check: VP Sara's lead counsel Sheila Sison is not Jose C. Sison's daughter
[Summary] => A viral Facebook post falsely claimed that VP Sara Duterte’s lead counsel Sheila Sison is the daughter of TV host and lawyer Jose C. Sison.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-14 09:20:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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[AuthorID] => 1808707
[AuthorName] => Geraldine Santos
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[Title] => Fact check: Robin Padilla misleads on Zoom 'raw files' in Duterte trial
[Summary] => A Facebook post by Sen. Robin Padilla, claiming only a Zoom host's recording is the "original," and any other copy cannot be used for authentication, is misleading.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-09 17:43:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1807493
[AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
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[SectionUrl] => headlines
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[Title] => Fact check: Viral video does not show Muslims joining INC rally in EDSA
[Summary] => A viral Facebook reel falsely claimed a group of Muslims joined the INC rally in EDSA, but the footage was taken at a different protest in Cotabato City.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-03 17:24:00
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[AuthorID] => 1808707
[AuthorName] => Geraldine Santos
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[Title] => Fact check: Duterte has not won his ICC case, remains detained
[Summary] => A viral Facebook reel falsely claimed former President Rodrigo Duterte had won his ICC case and would soon return to the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-26 16:34:00
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[AuthorID] => 1808707
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[Title] => Fact check: Altered image falsely depicts Rene Baterbonia restrained
[Summary] => An altered photo falsely shows the late Rene Baterbonia restrained on a beach, with no official evidence supporting the claim.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-16 14:57:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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[AuthorID] => 1808707
[AuthorName] => Geraldine Santos
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[Title] => Fact check: Why Pasig City 'net worth' leap in viral post is misleading
[Summary] => The claimed P19-billion “net worth” for Pasig City in 2019 mentioned by a viral Facebook post is not supported by COA data.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-12 12:33:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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[AuthorID] => 1808707
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[Title] => Fact check: Global war, La Niña are not 'force majeure' for Senate sessions
[Summary] => Sen. Robin Padilla broadly invoked “force majeure” by citing wars, terrorism, and La Niña despite no current disruption to Senate operations.
[DatePublished] => 2026-05-28 12:42:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
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[Title] => Fact check: UN did not ‘intervene’ in Rodrigo Duterte ICC case
[Summary] => A viral Facebook post falsely portrayed a Japanese NGO statement as United Nations intervention in Duterte’s ICC case.
[DatePublished] => 2026-05-21 11:58:00
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