Political neutrality
Can rabid Duterte defenders such as De la Rosa and another reelectionist senator, Bong Go, convincingly shed their partisanship and be impartial in deciding to either acquit or convict the vice president?
Tag Archives: Bato Dela Rosa
Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa
Bato Dela Rosa intends to refile his bills reimposing mandatory ROTC and prescribing the death penalty for “high-level drug trafficking,” if he wins a second Senate term.
Sen. Dela Rosa reminds PNP of doctrine ‘to save lives’
Has Dela Rosa forgotten about his role as chief implementor of Duterte’s bloody drug war that resulted in more than 12, 000 deaths?
FACT CHECK: NO arrest order for Padilla, Dela Rosa
A YouTube video falsely claims that an arrest warrant was issued against senators Robin Padilla and Bato dela Rosa.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa sinasalungat ang mga pahayag ni Duterte sa ‘pagpatay sa mga komunista’
Ang paliwanag ni Bato Dela Rosa sa pahayag ni Rodrigo Duterte ay sumasalungat sa mga nakaraang pahayag ng dating pangulo.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa contradicts Duterte’s statements on ‘killing communists’
Sen. “Bato” Dela Rosa belied allegations that former president Rodrigo Duterte was threatening ACT Party-list Rep. France Castro, whom Duterte baselessly accused as a “communist” in Congress that “he wanted to kill.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa MALI sa pagsasabing ‘may discretion’ ang mga LGU sa paggastos ng confidential funds
Ang Joint Circular 2015-01 ay nagtatalaga ng mga partikular na aktibidad kung saan ang mga confidential fund ay maaari at hindi maaaring magamit. Hindi ito nagbibigay ng kapangyarihan na magpasya sa mga LGU na gumastos ng mga confidential fund sa paraang gusto nila.
FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa WRONG in saying LGUs ‘have discretion’ in spending confidential funds
Joint Circular 2015-01 prescribes specific activities where confidential funds can and cannot be used. It does not give LGUs discretion to spend confidential funds the way they want to.
FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa’s claim that opposition ‘did not scrutinize’ OVP ‘confidential funds’ under Robredo needs context
The Office of the Vice President, under Leni Robredo, did not have confidential and intelligence funds from 2016 until the end of her term in 2022, based on the annual audit reports of the Commission on Audit.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Bato Dela Rosa na ‘hindi sinuri maigi’ ng ng oposisyon ang ‘confidential funds’ ng OVP sa ilalim ni Robredo nangangailangan ng konteksto
Ang Office of the Vice President sa ilalim ni Leni Robredo ay walang confidential at intelligence funds mula 2016 hanggang sa katapusan ng kanyang termino noong 2022, batay sa Annual Audit Reports ng Commission on Audit.