VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte DID NOT cancel classes for 2020-2021 during SONA
School year 2020-2021 is still slated to begin on Aug. 24.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral FB post NOT TRUE; classes set to resume on August 24
School year 2020-2021 will open on Aug. 24.
Duterte vows support for business amid COVID-19, threatens telcos with expropriation during SONA
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday vowed support for business in order to rev up the economy that has been ravaged by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, while threatening the country’s major telecommunications companies with expropriation if they do not improve their services by December.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral list of Duterte’s accomplishments MISLEADING
A viral litany on Facebook (FB) of President Rodrigo Duterte’s supposed achievements in the past four years is misleading.
2019 SONA Promise Tracker
In 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte ended his State of the Nation Address (SONA) with a vision: “a comfortable life for everybody, all Filipinos,” within his last three years in office.
SONA 2019 PROMISE TRACKER: Economy
The government's economic team is calling on Congress to immediately pass the remaining packages under the Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) along with other economic stimulus measures to help revive the economy reeling from the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Infrastructure
With two years remaining in President Rodrigo Duterte’s term, the government is “still committed” to complete “many” of its projects under the government’s ambitious Build, Build, Build (BBB) program.
SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Corruption and Good Governance
Ending government corruption is a campaign promise and an oft-repeated commitment of President Rodrigo Duterte since he took office in June 2016. However, most of his anti-corruption efforts had been marked with sacking and recycling of officials.
SONA Promise Tracker: Environment
Most of the promises related to the protection and preservation of the environment made during President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) remain in progress. Significant efforts have been put into developing renewable energy sources, rehabilitating Manila Bay and priority tourist destinations, and distributing land to indigenous communities in Boracay.
SONA 2019 PROMISE TRACKER: Social services
In his fourth year in office, while President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law that will provide a wage hike for civilian employees of the government, he still failed to end labor contractualization in the country.
