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President Rodrigo Duterte warned local chief executives that they may be held accountable for “dereliction of duty” under the Revised Penal Code (RPC) if they fail to “enforce the law” within their jurisdictions. This needs context.
President Rodrigo Duterte, who was recently described as a “modern-day Lapulapu” by his spokesperson Harry Roque, repeated for at least the 20th time the unproven claim that the Mactan chieftain who led a 1,500-strong army to defeat Spanish-serving explorers in 1521 was a Tausug warrior.
In his Labor Day message, President Rodrigo Duterte repeated his campaign promise to continue pushing for workers’ rights, including security of tenure. This needs context in view of the president’s veto of a Congress-approved measure prohibiting contractualization.
Taking up the cudgels for Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, actor Robin Padilla asserted “there is historical fact” to the senator’s claim that Lapulapu, regarded as the Philippines’ first pre-colonial hero in recorded history, was a Muslim-Tausug leader from the defunct Sultanate of Sulu.
The president himself said in a speech in June 2019 that he would “of course” allow Chinese nationals to fish within Philippine waters.
A two-month-old vlog by former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. that bears false and misleading claims about the Philippines’ electoral system continues to circulate on social media.
After disappearing from public view for almost two weeks, President Rodrigo Duterte appeared on April 12 in his regular “Talk to the People” address, but made three inaccurate claims in his 20-minute opening remarks. VERA Files Fact Check reviewed his claims and identified one false, one flip-flop, and another that needs context.
Media personality Raffy Tulfo was wrong in claiming that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has prevented the private sector from directly purchasing jabs against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from vaccine manufacturers.
In justifying his move to distribute free ivermectin, a drug intended to treat parasitic infestations, AnaKalusugan Rep. Michael “Mike” Defensor claimed that the United States (U.S.) allows it to be used “off-label” as a treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is misleading.
As the country launched on March 1 its long-awaited vaccination program against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), conflicting pronouncements from the Palace persist on when President Rodrigo Duterte, at 75, will be inoculated, and whether it would be in public.
