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Santiago repeated the same mistake about government procurement.

Peace “talks” between the government and both the MILF and the MNLF have already been concluded.

President Rodrigo Duterte, in a media interview following his 2017 SONA, said he wants the CHR abolished.

These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them.

The Marcos gold – ill-gotten after all?

PAO Chief Acosta inaccurately claimed she never said what she had actually said just two days prior.

Candidate Duterte is different from President Duterte.

Dela Rosa’s figures do not match the ostensibly “real numbers” on the war on drugs published by the PNP itself, in its own website.

Philippine Star wrongly reported there's a new law criminalizing fake news.

Former presidents Estrada and Aquino have also attacked both media outfits.

“With my job now, do you think I still have time to spread fake news?” Agriculture Sec. Manny Piñol said.

From being American-owned, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte now falsely accuses social news network Rappler, of being run by the country’s biggest media conglomerate, ABS-CBN, Corp.

The constitution states that in all criminal prosecutions, the person accused is presumed innocent until he is proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

What does Vic Sotto have in common with Mr. Bean and The Rock?

The president's numbers run counter to "Real Numbers PH," the official figures on the war on drugs released by PDEA.

Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella and Sen. Risa Hontiveros both said the CHR is a Constitutional Commission. Were they correct in saying so?

Duterte's misleading claim exaggerates the supposed gains of his administration’s war against illegal drugs.

Not the first time the president made a "joke" about a serious matter.

Timeline of key events dating back to 1992, when the goal of having a COC in the South China Sea was first set.

Duterte: "I never said, 'I will order the police to kill you.'"

​During President Rodrigo Duterte’s second State of the Nation Address, he stood behind a pulpit and declared he is a bully, especially when dealing with “enemies of the state.”

Communications Assistant Secretary Margaux “Mocha” Uson hopes he will.

The CHR does not defend anyone, criminal or otherwise. It has, however, taken on cases where the complainants do not have criminal cases to their names.

Did Obama say Duterte was a son of a bitch? Did Trump say the Philippine president was a hero?

Toward the end of his SONA, the president took back the olive branch he had extended to the Left.

In his 2nd SONA, Duterte told a Cabinet official to 'not mind' the Commission on Audit.

President Rodrigo Duterte, in his second state of the nation address (SONA) Monday, repeated an incorrect claim he had earlier made about Davao City's economic growth.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s string of inconsistent statements about the late president Ferdinand Marcos and martial law has kept the public guessing whether he can or will do a Marcos or not.

President Rodrigo Duterte has been vacillating on his stand about the Supreme Court’s role in the martial law declaration, from saying he won’t listen to the high court at all to recognizing that the justices have a say on its validity.

How did the president fare with the rest of his 2016 SONA promises?