Archive - Claims by Public Figures Year all all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Are sovereignty and sovereign rights the same banana? 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. By VERA Files | Apr 13, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos contradicts Duterte on return to old school calendar 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. By VERA Files | Apr 12, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim that human rights violations in 2023 went ‘down by half’ NEEDS CONTEXT 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%. By VERA Files | Apr 12, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Garin misleads on efficacy of expired medicines 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. By VERA Files | Apr 5, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: US envoy to China makes two false claims on 2016 South China Sea arbitral award 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. By VERA Files | Apr 4, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Is there a ‘fourth mode’ of Cha-cha? 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. By VERA Files | Mar 22, 2024 | 9-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim that ‘many policemen are in jail’ for drug-related offenses needs context 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. By VERA Files | Mar 20, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Si Duterte, may isang salita? 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. By VERA Files | Mar 15, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on Cha-cha for third time in two months 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. By VERA Files | Mar 14, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on the purpose of ICC misleads 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.” By VERA Files | Mar 13, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos falsely claims ill-gotten wealth cases are ‘untrue,’ ‘propaganda’ 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. By VERA Files | Mar 9, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ejercito changes mind on contempt order vs Quiboloy 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. By VERA Files | Mar 9, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Posts navigation Newer posts 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 28 Older posts