VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte DID NOT say Aquino, Carpio ‘sold’ WPS to China
The 16-minute video’s content, composed of two clips, also did not support the claim in its headline.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte sinabi na hindi niya ‘binanggit kailanman’ ang PH-China maritime row noong 2016 campaign. Sinabi nga kaya.
“Hindi [niya] binanggit kahit na kailan” ang tungkol sa pinagtatalunan ng China at Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea noong 2016 na kampanya para sa pampanguluhan, sabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Hindi ito totoo.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte claims he ‘never mentioned’ PH-China maritime row in 2016 campaign. He did.
President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that he “never mentioned” anything about the dispute between China and the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea during his campaign for the 2016 presidential election. This is not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB Live claiming Duterte and US ‘joined forces to drive China out of WPS’ MISLEADING
The clip, being passed off as "breaking news", spliced a recent news report with a 2017 statement of President Rodrigo Duterte on the country's territorial dispute with China.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Matapos ang matagal na pagkawala sa paningin ng publiko, Duterte nagbitaw ng tatlong maling pahayag
Matapos hindi magpakita sa publiko nang halos dalawang linggo, lumitaw si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte noong Abril 12 sa kanyang regular na "Talk to the People" address, ngunit gumawa ng tatlong hindi totoong pahayag sa kanyang 20-minutong pag-unang salita.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: After long absence from public view, Duterte makes three inaccurate claims in April 12 talk
After disappearing from public view for almost two weeks, President Rodrigo Duterte appeared on April 12 in his regular “Talk to the People” address, but made three inaccurate claims in his 20-minute opening remarks. VERA Files Fact Check reviewed his claims and identified one false, one flip-flop, and another that needs context.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming Duterte warned China on WPS issue was from a 2017 speech
There was no reference to Russia getting angry at China over the territorial dispute.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING video claims Duterte joined US in “warning” China over WPS incursions
Duterte’s most recent comment on the country’s maritime controversy with China came on April 19 — seven days after the misleading FB video was published.
Weaponizing presidential health secrecy
“Seven years ago, I was an interesting person. Now I am a corpse,” lamented Benito Mussolini after his ouster and arrest, when he sensed the end was near.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another ‘Aquino vs Duterte’ comparison MISLEADS with 2018 Manila Bay photo
The top image was taken two years into the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte.
