Archive - Claims by Public Figures Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Roque sa pananatili ni Duterte sa kulungan ng ICC nakapanliligaw Nakapanliligaw ang sinabi ni dating presidential spokesperson Harry Roque tungkol sa patuloy na pananatili ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kulungan ng International Criminal Court sa The Hague. By VERA Files | Oct 2, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni VP Sara tungkol sa ‘sham welfare checks’ ng PH Embassy kay Duterte, MALI Mali ang sinabi ni Vice President Sara Duterte noong Sept. 24 na nagsagawa ng huwad na welfare check kay dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga opisyal ng Philippine embassy sa The Netherlands. By VERA Files | Oct 1, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Trillanes NOT sent to The Hague to check on Duterte Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte falsely claimed that former senator Antonio Trillanes IV was sent by the Philippine government to conduct a welfare check on former president Rodrigo Duterte at his detention unit in The Netherlands. By VERA Files | Sep 30, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: VP Sara falsely reiterates ‘extraordinary rendition’ of Rodrigo Duterte Vice President Sara Duterte repeated her wrong claim that the arrest of her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, last March was “kidnapping” or subjected to “extraordinary rendition” in law which is illegal. By VERA Files | Sep 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Romualdez selecting successor NEEDS CONTEXT When a House speaker resigns, his replacement is elected by a majority vote of all House members. The House rules does not provide that the outgoing speaker can choose his successor. By VERA Files | Sep 17, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Stealing of public funds NOT a crime against humanity Musician-turned-lawyer Jimmy Bondoc falsely claimed that stealing public funds intended for flood control is a crime against humanity and falls under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. By VERA FILES | Sep 3, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Role of the Murillo Velarde map in the 2016 arbitral award NEEDS CONTEXT Mel Velarde’s claim on the role of the 1734 Murillo Velarde map in affirming the Philippines' sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea needs context. By VERA Files | Aug 24, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Hontiveros errs on reversal of ‘unanimous’ SC rulings The decision in the League of Cities case saw four different reversals by the Supreme Court from the first ruling in 2008 until the final decision in 2011. None of the decisions were decided on unanimously. By VERA Files | Aug 15, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Sotto flipflops on status of VP Sara’s impeachment After saying on Aug. 6 that the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte is dead once it is archived, Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto III now admits the impeachment is "technically" still alive after the Senate archived the case. By VERA Files | Aug 9, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: VP Sara’s claims on ICC bail, 43 murder charges NEED CONTEXT Rodrigo Duterte has a history of threatening critics and witnesses when he was president. The prosecution filed in the ICC 43 counts of murder to show a pattern of violence characteristic of crimes against humanity. By VERA Files | Jul 4, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni VP Sara na si Imee Marcos ang magbabalik kay Duterte mula sa The Hague NAKAPANLILIGAW Hindi bastang makalalaya si Rodrigo Duterte maliban kung aprubahan ng ICC ang kanyang pansamantalang paglaya. Walang kapangyarihan ang isang senador na iuwi siya mula sa pagkakakulong. By VERA Files | May 8, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Kitty na ‘nakakaalis at nakakauwi nang ligtas’ ang mga kabataan noong administrasyong Duterte HINDI TOTOO Mali ang sinabi ni Kitty Duterte na sa ilalim ng pamamahala ng kanyang ama, nakaaalis at nakauuwi nang ligtas ang mga bata. By VERA Files | May 8, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination 1 2 3 … 35 Older posts