VERA Files
After Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assumed the presidency on June 30, inconsistencies in the statements of top government officials have prevailed and confused the public.
A YouTube video shared on several Facebook (FB) groups bore a clickbait headline and thumbnail claiming SAGIP Partylist Rep. Rodante Marcoleta will take Clarita Carlos’ post as National Security Adviser. This is false. There is no official announcement from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos about the supposed substitution. Carlos remains as National Security Adviser. Posted on […]
A video circulating online carried a false headline that National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos “clapped back” at President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, which resulted in her being removed from the post. The July 17 video by Facebook (FB) page Philippines Training New bore the clickbait title: “KAKAPASOK LANG NA BALITA Prof. CLARITA CARLOS SINAGOT SI Pres […]
A Facebook video falsely claimed that National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos fired Lorraine Badoy as spokesperson for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Part of the video posted by FB page Duterte News Info on July 12 claimed: “Viral at trending ngayon sa social media ang diumano’y balitang: National Security […]
Taliwas sa isang pahayag noong Marso 4 ni president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na humihimok sa Russia na “respetuhin ang kalayaan ng Ukraine,” sinabi ni incoming National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos na dapat manatiling “neutral” ang Pilipinas sa nagpapatuloy na digmaan.
Contrary to a March 4 statement of president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. urging Russia “to respect Ukraine’s freedom,” incoming National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos said the Philippines should remain “neutral” in the ongoing war.