Archive - Claims by Public Figures

Michael Yang is not merely linked to Duterte. He was the then-president’s economic adviser in 2018.

Go was one of the 17 senators who voted on June 2, 2021 for Senate Bill No. 2232, recognizing the legitimacy of offshore online gaming and taxing the POGOs.

It was not only Davao City that did not have a budget allocation for COVID-19 response when the WHO declared the outbreak as a global pandemic.

The PNP was enforcing court orders for the arrest of Quiboloy in relation to cases of human trafficking, child abuse and sexual assault. The Senate also has a standing contempt, arrest and detention order for the KOJC leader.

Albay Rep. Joey Salceda falsely claimed that PAGASA was "sleeping on the job" for issuing late advisories about typhoon Enteng.

While Duterte did not name names, she was looking at France Castro when she mentioned “somebody convicted of child abuse” during the hearing.

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saying it will ban premature campaigning in the 2025 polls, Comelec now says it cannot circumvent the 2007 law that repealed the restriction.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

Although the NTC had issued a cease and desist order against SMNI’s radio and television operations, its franchise remains legally valid.

Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla repeated his claim that it is "cleaner" than traditional fossil fuels. This needs context.

Although neither of the two PDP factions was part of the original four political parties that comprised UniTeam, candidates from the Duterte-allied wing were included in the coalition’s slate.

The U.S. no longer has permanent bases in the country since 1992. American troops, however, have access to some Philippine military facilities for specific purposes.

At least four POGOs found to have engaged in criminal activities had licenses from PAGCOR when they were raided last year.

The ICC was established by the Rome Statute in 1998 and is independent from the UN.

Duterte has accused the Marcos administration of preventing the Hakbang ng Maisug prayer rally in Tacloban, contrary to the organizers' post that the rally was canceled due to bad weather.

Panelo inaccurately claimed that the Aquino administration built about 160,000 housing units to relocate the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. falsely claimed "nothing was done" in the past two administrations to rehabilitate the areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda.

Larry Gadon, a disbarred lawyer, contradicted his mandate as presidential adviser for poverty alleviation.

On several occasions, Duterte cursed and criticized Marcos, even calling him a drug addict.

In praising the Marcos administration's economic policies, Larry Gadon erred in citing figures on poverty, employment and GDP growth rates.