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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Panelo repeats wrong claim that ICC has ‘no jurisdiction’ to probe Duterte’s drug war

By VERA Files | Apr 08, 2022 11:00 PM

For at least the second time, senatorial candidate Salvador Panelo repeated a wrong claim that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has “no jurisdiction” to investigate alleged crimes against humanity associated with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Kurap vs Di Kurap’ video showing road projects and statues as legacies MISLEADING

By VERA Files | Mar 24, 2022 7:57 PM

Many of the bronze busts, statues and monuments were not built during the terms of both Aquinos. Some of the statues were also privately funded or donated by artists.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte statement on passing presidency to Marcos Jr. lifted from a 2016 video

By VERA Files | Mar 18, 2022 6:48 PM

In a Feb. 25 interview with acting Palace spokesperson Martin Andanar, Duterte said he is not certain about endorsing a candidate in the May 9 elections. “I may or I may not but preferably I’d like to stay neutral.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Aquino vs. Duterte video carries three MISLEADING claims

By VERA Files | Feb 18, 2022 10:43 PM

We correct and give context to each of these claims.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Man who fell off creek in ‘DU30 vs Noynoy’ video NOT Aquino

By VERA Files | Jan 28, 2022 5:22 PM

A reverse image search shows the man in yellow is Surendra Furtado, former mayor of Panaji, India.

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Duterte’s drug war killings rise in Year 2 of the pandemic

By Nixcharl C. Noriega and Larah Vinda Del Mundo | Jan 20, 2022 12:56 PM

Even as the country grappled with new strains of Covid-19 last year, the Duterte government’s drug war continued to claim more lives at the average rate of three deaths every two days.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte inulit ang maling pahayag na ligtas sa parusa ang mga kabataang nagkakasala

By VERA Files | Jan 14, 2022 4:00 PM

Sa panghihikayat sa mga Pilipino na huwag iboto ang opposition senator at vice presidential aspirant na si Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, muling gumawa ng maling pahayag si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte tungkol sa Juvenile Justice Welfare Act na inakda ng mambabatas.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats wrong claim that youth offenders go scot-free

By VERA Files | Jan 14, 2022 3:16 PM

Discouraging Filipinos to vote for opposition senator and vice presidential aspirant Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, President Rodrigo Duterte again made false claims about the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act that the former had authored.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sa kung ilang pagkakataon, Duterte inulit ang maling pahayag na lahat ng mga hukom ng ICC ay ‘puti’

By VERA Files | Jan 10, 2022 11:14 AM

Muling sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, sa kanyang “Talk to the People” noong Enero 4, ang walang katotohanang pahayag na puro “puti” ang mga hukom ng International Criminal Court (ICC).

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: For the nth time, Duterte falsely claims all ICC judges are ‘white’

By VERA Files | Jan 10, 2022 10:53 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte again wrongly claimed, during his Jan. 4 “Talk to the People” address, that the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) are “white.”

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