Archive - FACT CHECK

Excellence in math has something to do with language, Presidente Duterte says.

Shortly after self-confessed hitman Arturo Lascañas pinned then Davao City mayor now president Rodrigo Duterte as mastermind of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), Communications Secretary Martin Andanar belied this claim.

Chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo said last week President Rodrigo Duterte's popularity has been rising despite criticisms and exposés.

VERA Files Fact Check tracks false claims and misleading statements of public officials and figures and debunks them with factual evidence. It also monitors their flip-flops.

Can the president “order” the AMLC to release information about his net worth.

President Rodrigo Duterte said “Ako hindi ako milyonaryo (I am not a millionaire).” Is it the truth?

What are the powers and functions of the Office of the Solicitor General?

President Rodrigo Duterte is now tweaking his narrative from being born to a poor family and growing up “in the slums” and is now saying his family was and is not poor.

​Environment Secretary Gina Lopez says open-pit mining can cause earthquakes.

The Press Secretary is the liaison between the government, the public and the media. One of his functions is to clarify, confirm or deny information that the media ask him for confirmation.

Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and Antonio Trillanes IV almost came to blows after a heated debate on the Senate floor on Jan. 17.

​In a recent briefing with his defense team, President Rodrigo Duterte denounced the reported move of the U.S. to build depots and unload arms in the Philippines. He said "the missiles of China are pointed at American expeditions" here, and it is the kind of war the country cannot participate in.