VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Interpreting the president, until now…
When President Rodrigo Duterte speaks, his men scramble to clarify — or they try. Sometimes, their explanation supports the president’s statements; often, it contradicts.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte misinforms public on juvenile justice law
President Rodrigo Duterte misinforms the public anew in saying that the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act allows 15-year-olds to go “scot-free” no matter the crime.
Trillanes urges PH cops to testify at ICC
Reacting to the update by ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, Trillanes, a staunch critic of Duterte, said, “To the members of the PNP who have been a part of the EJKs, you would have to make a decision on whether you would fall with Duterte on being liable for crimes against humanity, or you would partly cleanse your crime by being a witness for the ICC prosecutors.”
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Update sa paunang pagsusuri ng ICC sa giyera kontra droga, ipinaliwanag
Sinabi ng International Criminal Court (ICC) noong Dis. 5 na "nais nitong wakasan" sa 2020 ang paunang pagsusuri nito sa mga umano’y krimen laban sa sangkatauhan na isinagawa ng gobyernong Duterte kaugnay ng giyera laban sa iligal na droga.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: ICC’s preliminary examination update on drug war, explained
Here are three things you need to know about the ICC’s 2019 report.
The Duterte-Marcos Connection
Are there any available documents or accounts showing the Dutertes and the Marcoses had a very close personal relationship prior to the leadup to the 2016 elections? In an academic workshop last year, a former journalist claimed that he had never known Duterte to praise Marcos when he was mayor of Davao City in the 1990s. What do we really know about the purported ties of these political families?
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Tatlong bagay na dapat mong malaman tungkol sa presidential veto
Bineto ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang 11 panukalang batas na inaprubahan ng nakaraang Kongreso, kabilang ang dalawa sa kanyang mga pangako noong kampanya.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mga flip-flop ni Duterte sa pagkakaroon ng mga mayayamang kaibigan
Sa kanyang ika-apat na State of the Nation Address, binaligtad ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kanyang mga nakaraang pahayag nang sinabi niyang wala siyang mga mayayamang kaibigan kasabay ng pagwawalang-bahala sa mga alegasyon na iniutos niya ang anim na buwang pagsasara at rehabilitasyon ng Boracay Island para makinabang ang mga ito.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flipflops on having wealthy friends
In his fourth State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte contradicted his past pronouncements when he said he has no wealthy friends while dismissing allegations that he ordered the six-month closure and rehabilitation of Boracay Island for their benefit.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you should know about a presidential veto
President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed 11 bills approved by the previous Congress, including two of his campaign promises.