VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats wrong claim PH has ‘no oil’
The Philippines has been producing commercial oil as early as 1979.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte falsely claims there are still U.S. military bases in PH
President Duterte threatened to terminate the VFA with the US after former police chief Sen. Bato Dela Rosa confirmed that his US visa had been cancelled.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pimentel’s claim that Duterte may unilaterally cancel VFA needs context
The Supreme Court has not decided on the question of whether the president can unilaterally terminate a treaty or an agreement with other countries.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mon Tulfo falsely claims Phivolcs failed to issue Taal eruption warning
Tulfo is wrong; Phivolcs had issued several warnings on Taal's possible eruption before its recent explosion.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bongbong Marcos falsely claims martial law horrors fabricated
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is wrong in saying that plunder, massive corruption and human rights violations did not happen during his father's 20-year rule.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte was already campaigning as early as 2015
It could have been a slip, except the president says it is the “truth.” President Rodrigo Duterte, recalling his meeting two years ago with former president Benigno Aquino III on the day of the Mamasapano encounter, said he was in Zamboanga City to “campaign.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are condoms just for birth control?
Comedian-turned-senator Vicente Sotto III thinks condoms are solely for contraception. Invoking science, he said a condom does not block the entry of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into one’s system.
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.
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.
