Archive - Claims by Public Figures

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saying it will ban premature campaigning in the 2025 polls, Comelec now says it cannot circumvent the 2007 law that repealed the restriction.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