Archive - Claims by Public Figures

Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said on July 29 that the Philippine government will "not get in the way" of the ICC's interview of the five former and current high-ranking police officials tagged as suspects in the Duterte administration's drug war.

In 2022, DHSUD set a target of constructing 1 million housing units a year for six years, totaling 6 million units from 2022 to 2028.

The completion dates of at least six Infrastructure Flagship Projects of the Marcos administration have been adjusted due to delays.

Neither the INC nor NET25 has issued any statement on Marcos' alleged drug use, but SAGIP Party-List Rep. Rodante Marcoleta, a prominent INC member, did so.

From saying it will ban premature campaigning in the 2025 polls, Comelec now says it cannot circumvent the 2007 law that repealed the restriction.

Poverty figures in the BARMM have, indeed, decreased since 2018. But it remains to have the highest poverty incidence in the country at 34.8% as of the first half of 2023, according to PSA.

Less than a month after saying that having three Dutertes in the 2025 senatorial race is “good news,” Sen. Robinhood Padilla filed a bill prohibiting political dynasties.

President Ferdinand Marcos misleads with the claim that his administration’s drug war has remained “bloodless.”

A Tagum City RTC convicted ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro and former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo for endangering the lives of minors, not kidnapping as claimed by former broadcaster Jay Sonza.

This was not the first time that Dela Rosa questioned the ICC's involvement in the victims' pursuit of justice.

A Manila Times news article inaccurately reported that the Supreme Court wanted to "compel" Congress to pass an anti-dynasty law.

The DepEd has backtracked on its stand in April that public schools cannot immediately revert to the old academic calendar.