VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte shifts policy on Abu Sayyaf yet again
Since winning as president, Rodrigo Duterte has both condemned and sympathized with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on missing APEC dinner and photo shoot
Duterte flip-flops on missing APEC dinner and photo shoot from VERA Files on Vimeo. AFTER missing the U.S.-Asean meeting last September, President Rodrigo Duterte once again skipped a scheduled meeting with other world leaders. Duterte was a no-show at the gala dinner and the traditional leaders’ photo shoot during the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte now wants to woo the EU?
DOES President Rodrigo Duterte now want to be part of an alliance he once found “hypocritical?” Months after launching an expletive-laden attack on the European Union (EU), Duterte seems to have shifted his tone. STATEMENT: On Nov. 19, during his first bilateral meeting in Peru with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, whose leadership he openly admires,
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was Malacañang unaware of the Marcos burial?
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he knew nothing about the clandestine burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) on Nov. 18. In a press conference on Nov. 21 in Lima, Peru, Duterte said he never bothered to ask the late president’s family for the details of the burial. STATEMENT
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte wants forgiveness after Marcos burial?
AS THE surprise burial of dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Nov. 18 triggered massive protests on the streets, President Rodrigo Duterte sought to unify Filipinos. Upon arriving in Lima, Peru for the 24th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting, he said in a statement: “I would like to pray
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Were there really no movies about the martial law years?
STATEMENT: The clandestine burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) Friday angered many, prompting a wave of protests across the country. In response, President Rodrigo Duterte, who in his campaign days promised the interment of the deposed strongman at the LNMB, called for “forgiveness.” Currently in Lima, Peru
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ sins not yet proven in court?
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he won’t take his word back on allowing the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Amid protests and calls for him to reconsider, the president said the sins of Marcos have yet to be proven. He made the statement as he left for his
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Does the Constitution say Marcos can be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani?
STATEMENT Senator Manny Pacquiao, asked to comment on the Supreme Court’s decision on November 8 allowing the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, explained that the decision is based on the Philippine Constitution: “Ganito kasi ‘yun eh. Intindihin natin yung Constitution. Kung Constitution ang pagbabasehan natin, once na ikaw
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Has Duterte kept his vow to stop cursing?
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has shocked and shamed many, and most of the time, his statements came with a cussword. Even before winning the elections, the crime-busting, fearless Davao mayor has managed to offend women and rape victims, gays, those with disabilities — and even the Pope. In an interview with Jessica Soho just after the
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Drug addiction not a medical problem?
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte shuns the idea that drug addiction is a medical condition with a cure. For him, drug users are the “living walking dead” whose brains have already shrunk, and who have become useless to society. On Oct. 27, in his arrival speech from Japan, Duterte said: STATEMENT: “Eh sabi nila, (drug addiction is)
