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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcoleta did NOT replace Romualdez as Speaker

By VERA Files | Dec 07, 2023 12:56 PM

A YouTube video is claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta as House Speaker to replace Martin Romualdez. This is false. There is no such directive from Marcos, who also has no power to do so. Uploaded on Dec. 3, the video bore the headline: “KAKAPASOK LANG Biglaang Utos! […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos order to imprison De Lima again

By VERA Files | Nov 30, 2023 12:30 AM

Two YouTube videos are claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had ordered that former Sen. Leila de Lima be put back in jail. This is not true. First uploaded on Nov. 19, six days after de Lima was granted bail, a video bore the headline: “KAPAPASOK LANG Grabe to! Matinding utos ni PRES BBM FPRRD […]

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VERA Files Fact Check: From saying in August 2022 that the Philippines “has no intention of rejoining the ICC,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. now says the country’s return to the Netherlands-based tribunal “is under study.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos changes tune on the possibility of PH rejoining ICC

By VERA Files | Nov 25, 2023 8:14 AM

From saying in August 2022 that the Philippines “has no intention” of rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. now says the Philippines’ return to the Netherlands-based tribunal is “under study.” Several public figures have cited the country’s withdrawal from the ICC as justification in claiming that the tribunal did not have […]

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VERA Files Fact Check: The Marcos family did not go into exile empty-handed. In 1986, the U.S. Customs Services seized sets of jewelry, valued in 1991 at $436,420 to $559,630, that the Marcoses brought with them to Honolulu.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos wrongly claims family landed ‘with nothing’ when exiled in Hawaii

By VERA Files | Nov 23, 2023 5:03 PM

Recalling their six-year exile following the 1986 People Power Revolution, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his family had “nothing” when they arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii where they were flown from Malacañan Palace with the ouster of his father as head of state. This is false. STATEMENT In a Nov. 18 meeting during his side trip […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos order to expel Castro, Manuel from Congress

By VERA Files | Nov 22, 2023 11:08 AM

A YouTube video is claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has removed ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro and Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raoul Manuel from the House of Representatives. Not true. There was no such order from Marcos, who has no power to remove any lawmaker from Congress. Uploaded on Nov. 14, the video carried […]

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Humarap sa media si Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner Jr. para linawin ang nauna niyang pahayag na may destabilization efforts laban sa administrasyong Marcos. Nangangailangan ito ng konteksto.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: KULANG SA KONTEKSTO ang pahayag ni AFP Chief Brawner tungkol sa umuugong na ‘destabilization’

By VERA Files | Nov 16, 2023 12:23 PM

Humarap sa media si Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner Jr. para linawin ang nauna niyang pahayag na may destabilization efforts laban sa administrasyong Marcos. Nangangailangan ito ng konteksto.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos order to remove Arroyo from Congress

By VERA Files | Nov 14, 2023 7:46 PM

A YouTube video falsely claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had removed Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from her post. Arroyo remains as representative of the 2nd district of Pampanga. The House only stripped the former president of her role as deputy speaker. Uploaded on Nov. 8, a day after Arroyo was ousted as deputy speaker, the […]

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: ‘Holiday economics’ sa ilalim ng Marcos admin

By VERA Files | Nov 14, 2023 10:13 AM

Nakalilito ang polisiya ng Malacañang sa pagdedeklara ng holiday. Dalawang beses nang na-fact check ng VERA Files ang mga pahayag ng administrasyon ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. tungkol sa paggunita ng People Power anniversary sa Peb. 25. (Read VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos admin flip-flops on Feb. 24-25 holiday declaration and VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Palace […]

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Timeline of LTFRB corruption scandal

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Timeline ng mga alegasyon ng katiwalian sa LTFRB

By VERA Files | Nov 08, 2023 5:51 PM

Ano ang nangyari sa mga alegasyon ng katiwalian sa LTFRB?

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Timeline of corruption allegations in LTFRB

By VERA Files | Nov 08, 2023 5:51 PM

Through a special order dated Nov. 3, the Department of Transportation reinstated Teofilo Guadiz III as chairman of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). This came almost a month after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered Guadiz’s suspension on allegations of corruption. The Office of Executive Secretary confirmed this on Nov. 5, saying that […]

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