VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s latest version on missing the APEC gala and photo op
This time, it’s supposed to be the “truth.”
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: How long did Duterte serve as Davao City mayor?
HE’S the president who wants to be mayor.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Despite previous threat to declare martial law, Duterte now against it
To the growing list of President Rodrigo Duterte’s flip-flops, one can now add this: he says declaring martial law would be “kalokohan” (foolish), contrary to a previous threat he himself has made.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: When did the anti-drugs campaign under Duterte officially begin?
It was only two months after he assumed the presidency that police started their “legitimate” operations against illegal drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte said.
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).
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
