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VERAfied: Dela Rosa’s willingness to be hanged over drug-related killings has no basis

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dela Rosa’s willingness to be hanged over drug-related killings has no basis

By VERA Files | Feb 08, 2023 10:05 AM

A Philippine court cannot sentence him to hanging because the country already outlawed the death penalty on June 24, 2006 when then-president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Republic Act 9346. This outlawed capital punishment in the country, which was previously allowed and carried out through lethal injection.

Bato Dela Rosa, capital punishment, death penalty, drug war, ICC, jurisdiction, PNP

FACT CHECK NED FC THE ICC PROBE Duterte's Drug war

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dela Rosa’s statement on ICC complementarity principle is misleading

By VERA Files | Feb 07, 2023 3:09 PM

In pursuing its own investigation, the ICC is going after top state officials who may be responsible for crimes against humanity but are not being investigated by the Philippines. This is where the principle of complementarity is violated and the justification for the resumption of the ICC’s drug war probe.

Bato Dela Rosa, crimes against humanity, Davao death squad, drug war, ICC, ICC jurisdiction, investigation, jurisdiction, Kian Delos Santos, Rodrigo Duterte, Rome Statute

FACT CHECK NED FC THE ICC PROBE Duterte's Drug war

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Remulla’s statement asking ICC to show ‘pattern’ of drug war killings needs context

By VERA Files | Feb 07, 2023 2:30 PM

Among the five considerations of the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I were the pronouncements encouraging the killings under the drug war by former president Rodrigo Duterte and other officials and existence of drug watchlists.

Bato Dela Rosa, Boying Remulla, drug war, ICC, investigation, Killings, Rodrigo Duterte, War on drugs

FACT CHECK NED FC THE ICC PROBE Duterte's Drug war

#AnoRaw: DOJ spokesperson’s claim on ICC jurisdiction needs context

By VERA Files | Feb 01, 2023 3:05 PM

It is part of the Philippines’ exercise of its sovereignty when it acceded to the Rome Statute in November 2011, hence binding the country to the treaty provisions from that date until its withdrawal on Mar. 16, 2019.

Department of Justice, ICC, jurisdiction, Philippines, Rome Statute, sovereignty, War on drugs

FACT CHECK NED FC THE ICC PROBE Duterte's Drug war

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Remulla skips context on Philippines’ membership in the ICC again

By VERA Files | Jan 31, 2023 3:34 PM

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) for “insist[ing] on entering the Philippines” to investigate drug-related killings during the Duterte administration despite the country’s withdrawal from the Netherlands-based tribunal. This lacks context.

Boying Remulla, Department of Justice, ICC, International Criminal Court, Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, jurisdiction, Karim Khan, Rome Statute, War on drugs

#VERAFIED: Pahayag ni Marcos na ‘nangunguna’ ang PH sa pagbangon ng ekonomiya sa Asia-Pacific, mundo HINDI TOTOO

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos wrongly states that PH is ‘leading’ in economic recovery in Asia-Pacific, world

By VERA Files | Jan 30, 2023 7:35 PM

Delivering his arrival statement in Manila from Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed that the Philippines is “leading [in] economic recovery” not only in the Asia-Pacific […]

COVID-19, Davos, economic recovery, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Gross Domestic Product, inflation, Pandemic, southeast asia, Switzerland, unemployment, World Economic Forum

FACT CHECK NED FC THE ICC PROBE Duterte's Drug war

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Remulla falsely claims ICC has no member in ASEAN

By VERA Files | Jan 30, 2023 4:35 PM

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla inaccurately claimed that no other country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Remulla […]

asean, Boying Remulla, Cambodia, Department of Justice, ICC, International Criminal Court, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, Timor-Leste, War on drugs

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Problems rocking the salt industry?

By VERA Files | Jan 26, 2023 6:31 PM

Sen. Cynthia Villar, who chairs the committee, said Republic Act No. 8172, known as the Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN), has become a “deterrent” to the development of the industry that produced 300,000 metric tons of salt in 1994, a year before ASIN became law.

Agriculture, asin, Cynthia Villar, farmer, iodized salt

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Cynthia Villar falsely claims PH coconut industry is ‘as big’ as rice

By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2023 5:23 PM

In a discussion on the use of salt in coconut production, Sen. Cynthia Villar said the country’s coconut industry is as big as that of rice. This is false.

Agriculture, coconut, Cynthia Villar, production, Rice, salt

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Customs officials flip-flop on probe into PAL crew’s importation of onions and fruits

By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2023 4:56 PM

Officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) gave contradicting statements on an incident involving members of a Philippines Airlines (PAL) crew who brought undeclared agricultural products into the country.

agricultural products, BOC, Bureau of Customs, Cynthia Villar, fruit, illegal, importation, investigation, onion, PAL, Philippine Airlines, sibuyas