FACT CHECK: Martin Romualdez remains detained in Payatas jail
The lawmaker is still in detention at the New Quezon City Jail for his multibillion-peso plunder case tied to the flood control controversy
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FACT CHECK: Marcos statement claiming to cancel 2028 election is taken out of context
He was actually addressing Vice President Sara Duterte’s claims that he is pushing for charter change to cancel elections
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FACT CHECK: Ace Barbers did not say Trillanes would top senatorial race
The former lawmaker did not say Trillanes would top the senatorial race; he urged the public not to ignore the evidence Trillanes presented in Sara Duterte’s impeachment proceedings
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FACT CHECK: Video of Claire Castro calling Marcos a ‘drug addict’ is altered
Castro’s statement was spliced to make it appear she was talking about Marcos, when she was actually referring to former president Rodrigo Duterte
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FACT CHECK: Trillanes not cited in contempt by impeachment court
No credible reports or statements support the claim; the House’s lead prosecutor has also rejected calls for Trillanes to be cited in contempt for airing allegations against Duterte
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FACT CHECK: Tolosa not ‘fired’ from VP Sara’s impeachment trial
The misleading claim appears to stem from the heated exchange between Tolosa and lead defense counsel Sheila Sison, which was misrepresented as Tolosa supposedly being removed from the impeachment trial
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FACT CHECK: No Palace admission of assassination attempt against VP Sara
No official government statement or credible media report mentions such an admission. Malacañang also said law enforcement agencies have not recorded any threats against the Vice President’s life.
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FACT CHECK: Congress did not vote on any new impeachment case vs Marcos
The dismissed impeachment complaints in February granted Marcos a one-year immunity from any new impeachment proceedings
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FACT CHECK: No, Malabon congressman Oreta did not slam Sara Duterte’s travels
Malabon City Lone District Representative Lenlen Oreta did not make such a statement, according to his office’s email response to Rappler. It added that public conversations should be based on verified information and reliable sources.
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FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr. did not say protecting VP Duterte from her case is ‘corruption’
A viral Facebook graphic attributes a statement to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. about Vice President Sara Duterte’s legal troubles, but the official transcript of Marcos’ media briefing in India does not contain the remarks attributed to him
