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Article Keyword: Marawi city crisis

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Habang nakabitin ang pagpapatibay ng anti-terror bill, Locsin inulit ang maling pahayag na drug ops laban sa lider ng terorista ang sanhi ng pagkubkob sa Marawi

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 11, 2020 9:57 PM

    Sa hindi bababa sa pangatlong pagkakataon, muling sinabi ni Foreign Affairs Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin, Jr. ang maling impormasyon na ang paghahatid ng warrant of arrest dahil sa iligal na droga ang ugat ng Marawi siege.

    locsin, marawi

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pending enactment of anti-terror bill, Locsin repeats false claim that drug ops vs. terrorist leader caused Marawi siege

    By VERA FILES  |  Jun 11, 2020 7:20 PM

    For at least the third time, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. falsely claimed that the serving of a warrant of arrest for illegal drugs triggered the Marawi siege.

    locsin, marawi

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Locsin na ang pag-aresto sa Islamic drug lord ang ‘mitsa’ ng Marawi siege kailangan ng konteksto

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 03, 2020 1:14 PM

    Ginunita ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. ang anibersaryo ng pagkubkob sa Marawi kamakailan sa pamamagitan ng pagtatanggol sa giyera ng gobyerno laban sa droga.

    locsin, Marawi city crisis

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin’s claim that arrest of Islamic drug lord ‘triggered’ Marawi siege needs context

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 03, 2020 12:27 PM

    Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. marked the recent anniversary of the Marawi siege by defending the government’s war on drugs.

    locsin, Marawi city crisis

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte, Locsin repeat claim Marawi siege caused by anti-drug ops

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 07, 2019 7:02 PM

    Illegal drugs was not the official cause of the war that devastated Marawi City in 2017, but President Rodrigo Duterte and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin, Jr. claimed this on the international stage, within days of each other.

    marawi, Rodrigo Duterte, Teddy Locsin Jr

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    PHOTOS: ​Mass graves for the nameless victims of the Marawi crisis

    By Luis Liwanag  |  Jul 01, 2017 5:56 PM

    The military has regained control of Marawi City, where it has been battling the Muslim extremists the past six weeks.

    Marawi City, mass burial

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    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did photojournalist Jes Aznar post live update of military operations in Marawi?

    By Contributed by Charmaine Deogracias  |  Jun 30, 2017 1:07 PM

    No. It was not live.

    Jes Aznar, Marawi city crisis, ThinkingPinoy

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    PHOTOS: Robredo shares evacuees’ hope for end of war in Marawi

    By Luis Liwanag  |  Jun 28, 2017 6:52 PM

    Some 264,000 have been displaced by the war between government forces and elements of Maute and Abu Sayyaf Groups.

    Leni Robredo, marawi

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    PHOTOS: Prayers of thanks in the midst of war

    By Luis Liwanag  |  Jun 26, 2017 4:03 PM

    Photojournalist Luis Liwanag shares images of how the beleaguered people of Marawi observed Eid’l Fitr.

    Eid’l Fitr, marawi, Ramadan

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    Categories ARMM Watch Editor's Pick News

    PHOTOS: Marawi City, 30 days of misery

    By Luis Liwanag  |  Jun 23, 2017 5:30 PM

    Photojournalist Luis Liwanag captures Marawi City today, on the 30th day of the crisis.​

    Marawi City, Maute group

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