VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte mistakes Taiwan for China
Taiwan, not China, is officially called the Republic of China (ROC).
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post on PH-China 60-40 profit split on joint oil exploration MISLEADING
An online post claiming that the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China have agreed on a 60-40 profit-sharing scheme on their joint oil exploration in disputed maritime areas is misleading.
Duterte knows China’s ultimate goal is control of South China Sea
Duterte blurted out something that he never said before: “ So it's very clear that the gambit really is the China Sea.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hirit ng pro-Duterte blogger tungkol sa nuclear history ng China mali
Ang Pilipinas ay hindi maaaring "nalalapit ang distansya" sa mga armas nuclear ng China simula noong 1950s dahil ang China ay walang nuclear weapons noon.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pro-Duterte blogger’s claim about China nuclear history inaccurate
China started exploring but did not own nuclear weapons back in the 1950s.
Foreign secretary, envoy belie Duterte account of alleged Xi Jinping’s threat of war
Newly-installed Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said he has been in all the bilateral meetings between President Duterte and China’s President Xi Jinping and he has not witnessed any threat of war uttered by the Chinese President.
Carpio tells Duterte what to do re China in Scarborough Shoal
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio reminded Sunday President Duterte of his “constitutional duty” to the Filipino people to defend the country’s national territory and suggested to him four ways he can do it as regards the reported China’s plans to set up an environmental monitoring station in Scarborough Shoal.
Who is protecting PH national interest in South China Sea?
A tense situation transpired 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay in Zambales last Thursday when China seized the underwater drone installed by the United States Navy. Philippine top officials were unconcerned about it.
Defense chief: No US freedom of navigation patrols from PH shores
In a departure from the previous administration’s support of the United States freedom of navigation activities in the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday, the Philippines will not allow the use of former American military bases – Clark and Subic – for FON patrols of the United States Armed Forces.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can Duterte stamp out corruption?
FIRST, it was the enormity of the drug menace that prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to ask for “a little extension.” Now, he seems to be waffling on yet another promise: stamp out scalawags in public office. On multiple occasions, Duterte committed to end corruption in government. His latest statement was said before the Filipino community
