“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There was no reference to Russia getting angry at China over the territorial dispute.
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.
“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.
The top image was taken two years into the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte.
While President Rodrigo Duterte boasts of having “bright” people in his Cabinet and assures that his administration is “busy doing everything” to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, he also warns that “many more will die” and that the solution to the COVID-19 problem is beyond his control.
