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During his nationwide address on Oct. 5, President Rodrigo Duterte contradicted his own past pronouncements in claiming that he has “not killed” nor has ever ordered a hit on anyone.

The National Board of Canvassers recorded 14.42 million votes for Robredo and 14.16 million votes for Marcos.

Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go changed his view once more on how drug-addicted individuals should be dealt with, saying in a Sept. 29 Senate hearing that they must be treated as “victims in dire need of assistance.”

The woman in the four-year-old image was an NPA guerilla using the nom de guerre Comrade Katyrn.

Several health authorities say the same thing: wear the colored side facing outwards.

The statement is in fact a rough Filipino translation of some lines from a poem by Lebanese-American author Kahlil Gibran.

The swab inserted through the nose allegedly “damages” the endocrine glands and “breaks” the blood-brain barrier, allowing infections to reach the brain. This is not true. This claim has been debunked by multiple health experts.

The post misleads with its budget figures of the on-going Manila Bay rehabilitation and recent government projects.These figures are inaccurate and need context.

The “after” image, showing colorful, developed houses, was taken over a decade ago and more than six years before President Rodrigo Duterte took office.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque erroneously claimed that the European Union (EU) has not delisted any country from its Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP), which removes taxes from several products exported by developing countries like the Philippines.

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President Rodrigo Duterte contradicted his top diplomat when he affirmed the Philippines’ historic arbitral victory against China on the South China Sea dispute during his debut appearance at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) on Sept. 22.