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How has Duterte’s anti-corruption narrative shifted during his two years in office? Watch this video.

Do the phrases “Basta sexy, libre” and “Basta driver, sweet lover” ring a bell to you?

He falsely claimed mobile phones are 'a basic human right.'

President Rodrigo Duterte claims he never talked about himself as president in his State of the Nation Addresses. He did several times.

Duterte blurted out something that he never said before: “ So it's very clear that the gambit really is the China Sea.”

Duterte said 1,000 policemen and soldiers died because of drugs.

Nograles, said the Philippines needs “practice” and a “transition” phase for the proposed budget system.

A website with a history of publishing false content twisted a recent COA report on the CHR

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque contradicted himself when he said the Aquino administration shares the blame for the “culture of impunity” in the country.

CABUGAO, Ilocos Sur — Shirley Pichay, 38, is a wife and mother of two. But around here, she is known as a “cowboy."

France and Singapore have unitary governments.

Uson was earlier tapped to lead the information campaign on federalism.

Carpio-Morales described the cases involving Arroyo as “very, very complicated.”

The report has no basis. It pirates and skews the content of the CNN Philippines show “On the Record.”

A fake story about a non-existent "law expert" defending President Rodrigo Duterte from pending prosecution by the International Criminal Court has resurfaced, a little over a month after it was disproven in a Vera Files Fact Check.

And now comes the Rag-O Duo (rag-o is a deep Iloko word for “joy”) made up of pianist Gabriel Allan Ferros Paguirigan and his cousin, flutist John Owen Castro. The two won first prize in the Duo for Piano or One String or Wind Instrument Category at this year’s Princess Galyani Vadhana Ensemble Competition in Bangkok, Thailand.

Months before the second anniversary of the Arbitral Tribunal’s decision on the case filed by the Philippines to nullify China’s nine-dash line map and other issues in the South China Sea, China commissioned a study which was completed in December 2017.

For the second year in a row, VERA Files monitored real-time the president’s claims about his administration’s achievements.

A power play for speakership delayed by an hour President Duterte’s third SONA.

How did the president fare in his promises?

SONA 2017 promises on the armed forces

PAYAO, Zamboanga Sibugay -Residents and local officialsthis coastal town are opposing the setting upof a camp by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) for the training of around a hundrednew recruits for its Bangsamoro Navy and want the structures dismantled.

SONA 2017 promises on drugs and crime

SONA 2017 promises on corruption and governance

SONA 2017 promises on social services

This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it.

SONA 2017 promises on infrastructure

SONA 2017 promises on the peace agenda

SONA 2017 promises on the environment

SONA 2017 promises on the economy