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Duterte arrest sparks disinformation surge, spinning tales in his favor

News

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By Yvonne T. Chua

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Mar 20, 2025

The stunning arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by Interpol on March 11 has unleashed a torrent of disinformation across social media. Fabricated claims and misleading narratives widely cast him as a victim of injustice in an effort to garner public support.

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ICC rebukes Duterte camp twice on first hearing day

FACT SHEET: What happens now to Duterte at The Hague?

Fact Sheet

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By Rhoanne De Guzman

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Mar 13, 2025

The Philippine Supreme Court has no power to order the ICC to return Mr. Duterte to the Philippines, after the ICC issued his arrest.

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FACT SHEET: Unpacking the ICC arrest warrant for Duterte

Fact Sheet

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By Blanch Ancla

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Mar 13, 2025

On what grounds was the arrest warrant issued for Duterte? What are the crimes levelled against him? Here are three things you need to know:

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Duterte allies plea for same rights denied to EJK victims

FACT CHECK: NO PNP memo preventing cops from supporting Duterte online

Several posts online are misleading claiming that the PNP has a memo explicitly forbidding its personnel from voicing out support for Duterte.

Arts & Culture

Learning about Filipino resistance to the Japanese occupation 80 years ago

Conferences like “War & Memory” are few and far between, insufficient to cover gaps in Filipinos’ history education. It’s worrying that many Filipinos are oblivious to the Philippines’ colonial history, and to the struggles against Spanish, Japanese, and American colonizers. Philippine history is no longer taught as a standalone subject except in “grades 5 and 6 and in a college class called “Readings in Philippine history.”

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Desperate moves

The disinformation game plan now appears to have shifted to undermining the ICC, linking it to the leftist groups in the Philippines, and questioning its objectivity to destroy its credibility.