Corruption is like ‘snatching food from the mouths of babes’
In the early months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte likened corruption and ineptitude to "snatching food from the mouths of babes."
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte nag-aalangan kung tatanggihan o tatanggapin ang pagbibitiw ni Duque
Tila hindi makapagdesisyon si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte kung ano ang gagawin kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque sa gitna ng mga panawagan na magbitiw ang kalihim dahil sa napag-alamang kakulangan sa dokumentasyon ng Department of Health (DOH) tungkol sa higit P67 bilyong pondo para sa COVID-19.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte wavers between rejecting or accepting Duque’s resignation
President Rodrigo Duterte cannot seem to make up his mind on what to do with Health Secretary Francisco Duque’s stay in the Cabinet amid calls for the latter’s resignation over deficiencies in the Department of Health’s (DOH) documentation of more than P67 billion of COVID-19 funds.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on Duterte’s P10K cash aid to mothers FAKE
The national government is extending until Aug. 31 its distribution of cash aid worth P1,000 to P4,000 to 10.8 million individuals in the National Capital Region (NCR). But neither Duterte nor the DSWD has announced a separate financial assistance scheme for mothers.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Maari bang ihinto ni Duterte ang paglalathala ng mga ulat ng COA?
Naging pangalawang independiyenteng constitutional body ang Commission on Audit (COA) na nakatanggap kamakailan ng maaanghang na pananalita mula kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Matapos kastiguhin ang Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sa ilang pagkakataon dahil sa kritikal na paninindigan nito sa kanyang giyera laban sa droga, ibinaling ng pangulo ang kanyang galit sa COA dahil sa natuklasan nitong P67.32 bilyon “deficiencies” ng Department of Health (DOH) sa paggasta ng mga pondo para sa pagtugon sa COVID-19.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can Duterte stop publication of COA reports?
The Commission on Audit (COA) recently became the second independent constitutional body that got a tongue-lashing from President Rodrigo Duterte. After castigating the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on several occasions for its critical stand on his war on drugs, the president has turned his ire on COA over its findings noting “deficiencies” in P67.32 billion of the Department of Health’s (DOH) spending of the COVID-19 response funds.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong will NOT REPLACE Duque as Health Secretary
Before and after the dubious video was posted on Aug. 19, President Rodrigo Duterte had declared full support for Duque amid calls for his resignation. During his weekly briefing on Monday night (Aug. 23), the president reiterated he would not ask his health secretary to quit, but would accept his resignation if he did so voluntarily. There has been no word from Duque since.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque DID NOT SAY Duterte is like a supreme being
Roque dubbed the quote card as “fake news” while a media outfit whose logo is visible in the graphic denied and denounced the post.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that U.S. ‘begged’ Duterte to restore VFA FALSE
The untrue post surfaced shortly after the U.S. sent 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO confirmation of Bongbong Marcos-Sara Duterte tandem in 2022 polls
Marcos has not announced final plans for next year's national elections. And in a July 27 interview with DZRH radio host Deo Macalma, the former senator said he has asked the Davao City mayor about her own plans in the 2022 polls but the latter has not made a decision yet.
