Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says he never ordered the police to kill anyone, backpedals less than a minute later Duterte: "I never said, 'I will order the police to kill you.'" By VERA Files | Aug 8, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on bullying communists During President Rodrigo Duterte’s second State of the Nation Address, he stood behind a pulpit and declared he is a bully, especially when dealing with “enemies of the state.” By VERA FILES | Aug 5, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can Duterte extend his term as president? Communications Assistant Secretary Margaux “Mocha” Uson hopes he will. By VERA FILES | Aug 4, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says the CHR defends criminals The CHR does not defend anyone, criminal or otherwise. It has, however, taken on cases where the complainants do not have criminal cases to their names. By VERA Files | Aug 2, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did Obama curse at Duterte? Did Trump call Duterte ‘a hero of your country’? Did Obama say Duterte was a son of a bitch? Did Trump say the Philippine president was a hero? By Contributed by CHARMAINE DEOGRACIAS | Jul 28, 2017 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Peace or war? Toward the end of his SONA, the president took back the olive branch he had extended to the Left. By VERA Files | Jul 27, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte orders breach of bidding rules anew In his 2nd SONA, Duterte told a Cabinet official to 'not mind' the Commission on Audit. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats wrong claim about Davao City’s economic growth President Rodrigo Duterte, in his second state of the nation address (SONA) Monday, repeated an incorrect claim he had earlier made about Davao City's economic growth. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos copycat or not? President Rodrigo Duterte’s string of inconsistent statements about the late president Ferdinand Marcos and martial law has kept the public guessing whether he can or will do a Marcos or not. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte on SC’s role in martial law President Rodrigo Duterte has been vacillating on his stand about the Supreme Court’s role in the martial law declaration, from saying he won’t listen to the high court at all to recognizing that the justices have a say on its validity. By VERA Files | Jul 25, 2017 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK SONA 2016 promise tracker How did the president fare with the rest of his 2016 SONA promises? By VERA Files | Jul 21, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: What’s happening to the motor vehicle inspection centers of the LTO? Is there a working motor vehicle inspection center in the country? By VERA FILES | Jul 21, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 279 280 281 282 283 … 292 Older posts