FACT SHEET: Are sovereignty and sovereign rights the same banana?
Marcos was “horrified” that an alleged agreement between Duterte and China may have “compromised” the territory, the sovereignty and the sovereign rights of the Philippines.
Claims by Public Figures
FACT CHECK: Marcos contradicts Duterte on return to old school calendar
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. contradicted the pronouncements of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on the return to the old academic calendar for elementary and high schools.
FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim that human rights violations in 2023 went ‘down by half’ NEEDS CONTEXT
Marcos did not cite any basis for the claim, data from the CHR show that cases of alleged human rights violations did fall in 2023 but not by 50%.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Garin misleads on efficacy of expired medicines
Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin misattributed the study, which was actually conducted by the U.S. FDA to test the safety of medicine stockpiles of the country’s military.
FACT CHECK: US envoy to China makes two false claims on 2016 South China Sea arbitral award
U.S. ambassador to China Nicholas Burns was asked about Beijing’s “strategic goal” in its continuously increasing pressure on the Philippines over the disputed South China Sea and “how far they will go in testing the U.S. willingness” to defend its former colony.
