VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are addicts ‘eternally’ hooked on drugs?
President Rodrigo Duterte is now likening addicts to slaves, describing them as eternally dependent on drugs.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was Duterte referring to Najib, instead of Mahathir, as Malaysian PM?
President Rodrigo Duterte credited the arrest of an MNLF leader's son, and the ability to secure regional waters, to his good working relations with President Joko Widodo of Indonesia, and "Mahathir."
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Should credit go to Calida for winning the West Philippine Sea case?
In giving a rundown of the Office of the Solicitor General’s accomplishments since he went on board on June 30, 2016, Solicitor General Jose Calida appeared to have grabbed credit from his predecessors.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did Pangilinan law produce a generation of criminals?
For President Rodrigo Duterte, the law is to be blamed for the number of children out on the streets committing crime.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte wants to declare martial law?
What do martial law and the Abu Sayyaf have in common? On both issues, President Rodrigo Duterte had flip-flopped, and then, flipped, or flopped, again.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte commits to put an end to Abu Sayyaf yet again
AFTER numerous flip-flops on how he would handle the Abu Sayyaf Group, President Rodrigo Duterte has backpedaled once again, this time announcing it through his spokesperson, Undersecretary Ernesto Abella. STATEMENT: In a Radyo ng Bayan interview, Abella said the president reiterated his vow to end the terrorist group during the annual joint command conference with
VERA FILES YEARENDER: DIGONGsyonaryo
THE year 2016 gave the Philippines a new president, who brought with him to office his very own lexicon, one which we must use our “creative imagination” to fathom.
VERA FILES YEARENDER: Duterte’s curses and insults
It's no longer shocking as it was months before when news of President Rodrigo Duterte taking a swipe at yet another world leader breaks out.
VERA FILES YEARENDER: Explaining the president: He says, they say
For the Philippines, the second half of 2016 meant listening to President Rodrigo Duterte’s press conferences, often at midnight, and his curses and threats against world leaders, corrupt politicians, and drug lords.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is Aguirre correct in saying CHR should file cases against erring policemen?
Is Aguirre correct in saying CHR should file cases against erring policemen?
