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.
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.
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."
Neither the UN or Guterres issued a statement in response to Andanar's Feb. 26 speech at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.
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.
Data from the ASEAN Statistics division show the Philippines never had the strongest real GDP growth rate among member states from 2016 to 2018.
Mali si Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar sa pagsasabi na ang Iceland ay walang diplomatikong kinatawan sa Pilipinas.
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar is wrong in saying that Iceland has no diplomatic representation in the Philippines.
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, downplaying the recent inflation figures, mishmashes his data and then blames the media.
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.
