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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Andanar na hindi kabilang ang PH sa ‘deadliest na bansa para sa mga mamamahayag’ nakapanlilinlang

By VERA Files | Oct 27, 2021 11:11 AM

Ipinahayag ni Communications Secretary Martin Andanar sa isang panayam sa radyo noong Okt. 12 na ang Pilipinas ay hindi na kabilang sa mga pinaka-delikadong bansa sa mundo para sa mga mamamahayag dahil sa “mabilis na resolusyon” ng Maguindanao massacre noong 2019, na, aniya, ay bahagi ng legacy ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Andanar misleads in claiming PH not among ‘deadliest countries for journalists’

By VERA Files | Oct 27, 2021 10:08 AM

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar claimed in an Oct. 12 radio interview that the Philippines was no longer among the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists due to the “swift resolution” of the Maguindanao massacre in 2019, which, he said, formed part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s legacy. This is inaccurate on two counts.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Andanar binaluktot ang pahayag ni UN SecGen Guterres

By VERA Files | Mar 05, 2020 8:02 PM

Niligaw ni Communications Secretary Martin Andanar ang publiko nang sinabi niya na “pinaalalahanan” ni United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres ang organisasyon na huwag maging biktima ng mga samahan na “gumagamit ng karapatang pantao” upang isulong ang kanilang “hidden agenda.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Andanar twists UN SecGen Guterres’ human rights call

By VERA Files | Mar 05, 2020 2:16 PM

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar misled the public when he said United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres “reminded” the body not to fall prey to organizations who “use human rights” to forward a “hidden agenda.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Andanar mali sa pahayag na PH ang may pinakamalakas na GDP growth rate sa ASEAN

By VERA Files | Jan 28, 2020 4:02 PM

Mali si Communications Secretary Martin Andanar nang, matapos ituro ang Department of Finance (DoF), sinabing ang Pilipinas ang may pinakamalakas na gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate sa mga bansa sa Southeast Asia.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Andanar falsely claims PH has strongest GDP growth rate in ASEAN

By VERA Files | Jan 28, 2020 3:05 PM

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar was wrong when, citing the Department of Finance (DoF), he claimed the Philippines has the strongest gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate among Southeast Asian nations.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Andanar na walang representasyon sa PH ang Iceland ay MALI

By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2019 9:52 PM

Mali si Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar sa pagsasabi na ang Iceland ay walang diplomatikong kinatawan sa Pilipinas.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Andanar’s claim that Iceland has no representation in PH is WRONG

By VERA FILES | Jul 31, 2019 7:41 PM

Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar is wrong in saying that Iceland has no diplomatic representation in the Philippines.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Andanar falsely downplays inflation figures, accuses media of ‘painting negative picture

By VERA Files | Sep 17, 2018 4:38 PM

Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, downplaying the recent inflation figures, mishmashes his data and then blames the media.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte cleared of involvement in the Davao Death Squad?

By Vera Files | Mar 04, 2017 10:09 PM

Shortly after self-confessed hitman Arturo Lascañas pinned then Davao City mayor now president Rodrigo Duterte as mastermind of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), Communications Secretary Martin Andanar belied this claim.

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