VERA FILES FACT CHECK: How much does President Duterte earn monthly?
President Rodrigo Duterte made a fuss about the relatively low pay he has been receiving as president of the country.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are atheists not bound by family laws?
Defending House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez from possible disbarment due to infidelity, President Rodrigo Duterte said non-Christians such as atheists are exempted from the “rules of the number of women (one) can have.”
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Duterte’s oxygen concentrator
Photos of President Rodrigo Duterte showing a blue contraption beside his bed in his residence in Davao City surfaced online on his birthday on May 28.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte changes stand on same-sex marriage
President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this month said he cannot approve of same-sex marriage because the law allows marriage only between a man and a woman.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Has the drug war resulted in 7,000 to 8,000 deaths?
First, it was 7,000. Now, the disputed body count in the war on drugs has been raised further to 8,000 by no less than Vice President Leni Robredo’s legal adviser, former Akbayan Representative Ibarra Gutierrez.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ICC can strip off Duterte’s immunity
President Rodrigo Duterte invoked presidential immunity when he threatened to kill criminals and drug addicts during his Aug. 5 speech before troops in Capiz.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can Mighty Corp. just pay up and be off the hook?
President Rodrigo Duterte said he is willing to enter into a compromise deal with cigarette maker Mighty Corp., which is being accused of tax evasion.
Forensics, withheld evidence seen to bolster Tokhang survivor’s case
When police chief Ronald de la Rosa was once asked to explain before the Senate the deaths in the drug war, he had one reply: “They resisted arrest. Otherwise, they would have been alive.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte cleared of involvement in the Davao Death Squad?
Shortly after self-confessed hitman Arturo Lascañas pinned then Davao City mayor now president Rodrigo Duterte as mastermind of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), Communications Secretary Martin Andanar belied this claim.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is Duterte’s popularity rising?
Chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo said last week President Rodrigo Duterte's popularity has been rising despite criticisms and exposés.
