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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
From declaring in 2016 that people in same-sex marriage are worse than animals, Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao now insists he is neither condemning nor judging the members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) community.
