While Duterte did not deny the role of the police in implementing the drug war, he and his allies resorted to downplaying the role of the police in the death of victims through statements that either removed their accountability or minimized the impact of impunity.
Sa 93 na pahayag ng public figures na na-fact-check ng VERA Files ngayong 2024, 40% ang tungkol sa mga Marcos at Duterte. Panoorin sa video na ito ang Top 5 issues na hindi pinagkasunduan ng dalawang pamilya.
The date was Dec. 31, 2004. A shabu laboratory in Ulas, Davao city along the highway to Toril had just been raided. The raiding team was composed of agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) of Region XI led by its head Wilkins Villanueva.
The annual budget program, which is the single most important piece of legislation Congress scrutinizes and approves every year, has become a tool in aid of reelection, cunningly touted as pro-poor.
Salvador Medialdea falsely claimed "there was no mention" of jurisdiction in the 2021 ruling of the ICC authorizing the investigation of EJKs under the Duterte administration's drug war.
Self-confessed hitman Arturo Lascañas was in the car with another DDS operative to drive Vitaliano Aguirre around town. Aguirre told Lascañas how to counter the breaking news about the human skeletal remains (in Laud quarry). His damage control was to lie: “Tell them the bones belong to World War II burials.”
Were the threats to her life real? What evidence does she have to prove that Romualdez wanted her killed? Until when will this drama drag on?
Lawyer Raul Lambino, a senatorial aspirant under the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, falsely claimed that not all EJKs are illegal.
Don't you feel discombobulated when you listen to any of the Dutertes? It's been over eight years since they became national political figures, and I can't get used to their tangled tales.
Why did BBM ask lawmakers not to push through with impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte? My guess is, Marcos is not sure if he has the numbers in the Senate to convict Duterte in an impeachment trial. Malacañang cannot afford to lose because impeachment rules allow only one impeachment proceedings against the same official within one year.
