Archive - Claims by Public Figures

Gaano kahalaga ang coral reefs sa South China Sea at bakit nasa degraded state ito?

Marcos said the country's investment promotion agencies have approved almost P1.7 trillion investments across various sectors.

The DOJ briefer is intended to provide the president legal measures he could take and does not signify a change in the administration’s policy of not cooperating with the ICC.

Rep. France Castro of ACT-Teachers Partylist was quoted in news reports as denouncing the “net pay” of BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr., as published in the COA 2023 Report on Salaries and Allowances. This is inaccurate.

In an exclusive interview on Global Times, former president Rodrigo Duterte said he wanted his foreign policy to be neutral but later declared he loves China more than the Americans.

Hindi makikipag-cooperate ang Marcos administration sa International Criminal Court sa imbestigasyon nito sa drug war. Gumagana naman daw kasi ang justice system ng Pilipinas.

Sabi ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na hindi siya "opposition" ni Marcos, taliwas sa sinabi niya noon na opposition siya ng lahat ng nakaraang administrasyon.

Nagkasagutan sina Sen. Raffy Tulfo at Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa kamakailan tungkol sa presyo ng mga gamot sa mga pampublikong ospital.

Itinanggi ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na meron silang "gentlemen's agreement" ni Xi Jinping, ang pinuno ng China, tungkol sa Ayungin Shoal.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. falsely claimed that he “has not touched” the ill-gotten wealth cases filed against his family post-EDSA.

Former president Rodrigo Duterte has repeated a false claim that the U.S. still has military bases in the Philippines.

In less than two months, former president Rodrigo Duterte went from denying that he described President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a “drug addict” to claiming he was the first to call the chief executive that.

Halos doble ng kasalukuyang basic pay ng teachers ang panukalang dagdag sa buwanang sweldo nila, mula P27,000 hanggang P50,000, para raw makahabol sa sobrang taas ng presyo ng mga bilihin.

When completed, the Cavite-Bataan Interlink Bridge will be the second longest in the Philippines, but it is nowhere near the longest in the world, as Marcos claimed.

Marcos was “horrified” that an alleged agreement between Duterte and China may have “compromised” the territory, the sovereignty and the sovereign rights of the Philippines.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. contradicted the pronouncements of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on the return to the old academic calendar for elementary and high schools.

Marcos did not cite any basis for the claim, data from the CHR show that cases of alleged human rights violations did fall in 2023 but not by 50%.

Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin misattributed the study, which was actually conducted by the U.S. FDA to test the safety of medicine stockpiles of the country’s military.

U.S. ambassador to China Nicholas Burns was asked about Beijing’s “strategic goal” in its continuously increasing pressure on the Philippines over the disputed South China Sea and “how far they will go in testing the U.S. willingness” to defend its former colony.

Former Supreme Court chief justice Reynato Puno said adopting such an interpretation to forward RBH Nos. 6 and 7 “will invite a serious constitutional challenge” because Bernas’ personal views were “never discussed” by the framers of the 1987 Constitution.

While 177 police officers were reported to have been charged under the Marcos administration for drug-related violations, there have been only two known court convictions related to Duterte’s drug war.

Maraming beses nagbago ang isip ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa mga isyu tulad ng sa West Philippine Sea, Charter change at secession ng Mindanao.

Two weeks after changing his tune and voicing his conditional support for amending the 1987 Constitution, former president Rodrigo Duterte once again denounced the Marcos administration’s efforts to push Charter change.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. misleads with his claim that the ICC has no jurisdiction to investigate drug war-related killings in the Philippines because the Netherlands-based tribunal was “formed to provide justice to areas where there is no judiciary.”

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has dismissed the government’s pursuit to recover his family’s ill-gotten wealth as “propaganda” and “have been shown to be untrue.” This is false.

Sen. JV Ejercito took back his signature in a “manifestation” opposing a contempt order seeking the arrest of Apollo Quiboloy, self-styled pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ sect.

VERA Files fact checked in November last year a similar statement by Marcos in a meeting with the Filipino community in Hawaii.

While burning natural gas produces less carbon dioxide than coal and oil, climate scientists have warned about methane, which is another greenhouse gas that leaks into the atmosphere during its production.

After repeatedly calling for Mindanao secession in the past month, former president Rodrigo Duterte now says he would not pursue the plan.

Harry Roque rescinds support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. amid attempts to push a people's initiative for Charter change.