VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Former spox Roque’s claim on health care law authorship needs context
Roque is only one among over a hundred other lawmakers listed as authors of the measure.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo changes tune on NTF-ELCAC’s mandate
From calling the mandate of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) a “duplication of efforts,” Vice President Leni Robredo now says she is "all for [the agency's] mandate and functions."
FACT CHECK: Isko wrongly claims no ICC signatories assert the Philippines’ arbitral win
Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, who is running for president in the May 2022 elections, falsely claimed that no member state of the International Criminal Court (ICC) asserted the 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea dispute that invalidated China’s expansive claims in the maritime area.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte walks back on declaring Marcos Jr. a ‘capable’ successor
Two days after Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio publicly confirmed her partnership with presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for the 2022 elections, President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his dismay over the team-up.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: SMNI News wrongly claims Marcos earned ‘bachelor’s degree’ from Oxford
Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) News, the news broadcasting arm of televangelist Apollo Quiboloy, erroneously reported that presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. “passed” his bachelor’s degree in social studies at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte goes from VP to ‘retirement’ to VP to senator
Last September, Duterte accepted the PDP-Laban nomination for vice president. On Oct. 2, he declared that he was retiring from politics. On Nov. 13, Duterte said he might run as the vice-presidential running mate of Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go under the PDDS.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Carpio did NOT file disqualification petition vs. Marcos Jr.
Contrary to a report by One News, a television news channel under cable provider Cignal TV, retired Supreme Court (SC) associate justice Antonio Carpio did not and “has no plans to file” a petition at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the disqualification of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as candidate for president in the 2022 elections.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte falsely claims Camiguin governor ‘only rich’ member of PDP-Laban
President Rodrigo Duterte wrongly claimed that Camiguin Gov. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo is the “only rich person” in Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas- Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte falsely claims LP gave water concession to Ayalas
During the oath-taking ceremony of new members of the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) on Oct. 16, 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte accused the opposition Liberal Party (LP) for giving the Ayalas, a prominent business family in the country, a water distribution contract. His claim is false.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: For the second time, Duterte inaccurately cites COA audit mandate
President Duterte once more claimed that the Commission on Audit has a “constitutional mandate” to audit the Philippine Red Cross, an independent, autonomous, non-government organization. This needs context.
