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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did Imee fund Duterte’s campaign?

Oct 26, 2016 12:29 AM

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte believes he was destined for the presidency, having won despite little financial backing from politicians–if at all. If his campaign had a saving grace, it was Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, he said. STATEMENT: Speaking before Luzon local chief executives on Oct. 4 during the Sulong Pilipinas Convention – Local Governance […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can Duterte stamp out corruption?

Oct 22, 2016 6:39 PM

FIRST, it was the enormity of the drug menace that prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to ask for “a little extension.” Now, he seems to be waffling on yet another promise: stamp out scalawags in public office. On multiple occasions, Duterte committed to end corruption in government. His latest statement was said before the Filipino community […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did Filipinos become poorer under Aquino?

Oct 15, 2016 10:40 PM

POVERTY worsened during President Benigno Aquino’s term, said Joey Salgado, spokesperson of former Vice President Jejomar Binay. STATEMENT: Reacting to Vice President Leni Robredo’s statement at an antipoverty summit that “poverty is a larger war that needs our attention,” Salgado said on Oct. 11: “With all due respect to Vice President Leni Robredo, her party, […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is the DILG vetting the narco-lists?

Oct 15, 2016 2:30 PM

CAREFUL not to include wrong names on his narco-lists again, President Rodrigo Duterte said he is having them revalidated by key agencies, citing the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as one of them. STATEMENT: During the 115th anniversary of the Philippine Coast Guard on Oct. 12, Duterte said: “Until now, I’m trying to […]

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War on drugs: What the numbers show

Oct 08, 2016 11:51 PM

By YVONNE T. CHUA A HUNDRED days into his presidency, Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal “war on drugs” has chalked up an official tally of 3,652 deaths. The Philippine National Police classifies 1,377 or 38 percent of the deaths as having occurred in legitimate anti-drug operations and 321 or 9 percent as deaths it has investigated and […]

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Waging a bloody war on drugs

Oct 07, 2016 9:11 PM

Text and video by LUIS LIWANAG AS the veil of darkness shrouds the city, they gather and hold their nightly vigil. They are local and international journalists out to investigate the deaths. For months now, dead bodies have been littering the streets every night. The bodies are found and categorized according to the manner of […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: The ‘foolproof’ narco-list

Oct 01, 2016 11:59 PM

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he would never be “foolish” enough to commit errors on his narco-lists. The next day, he apologized to public officials he wrongly linked to illegal drugs — the mistake done either through “negligence” or in bad faith. STATEMENT: On Sept. 26, the president said care should be exercised when […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was the UN probe on Duterte and the Davao Death Squad a flop?

Sep 27, 2016 1:43 AM

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is no fan of the United Nations, calling its leader a fool and its experts stupid. During his speech before the Malacañang Press Corps on Sept. 26, Duterte once again slammed the UN for interfering in his drug war. He said the international agency had investigated him on the alleged extrajudicial killings in […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Shabu use not limited to poor — DDB survey

Sep 22, 2016 2:23 AM

A NATIONWIDE survey released recently by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) has found that President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that methamphetamine or “shabu” use being confined to the poor has no statistical basis. STATEMENT: Amid criticisms that only the poor are targeted by the government’s anti-drug war, Duterte told reporters on Aug. 24 during a press conference […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte seesaws with media

Sep 16, 2016 9:34 PM

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Sept. 10 told the media to go ahead and criticize him and his government’s shortcomings, saying it is their sworn duty. Not so long ago, he dared reporters to kill and stop journalism in this country. STATEMENT: Straight from the recently concluded Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane, […]

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