VERA FILES YEARENDER: DIGONGsyonaryo
THE year 2016 gave the Philippines a new president, who brought with him to office his very own lexicon, one which we must use our “creative imagination” to fathom.
Tag Archives: Duterte
VERA FILES YEARENDER: Duterte’s curses and insults
It's no longer shocking as it was months before when news of President Rodrigo Duterte taking a swipe at yet another world leader breaks out.
VERA FILES YEARENDER: Explaining the president: He says, they say
For the Philippines, the second half of 2016 meant listening to President Rodrigo Duterte’s press conferences, often at midnight, and his curses and threats against world leaders, corrupt politicians, and drug lords.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: How long did Duterte serve as Davao City mayor?
HE’S the president who wants to be mayor.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Despite previous threat to declare martial law, Duterte now against it
To the growing list of President Rodrigo Duterte’s flip-flops, one can now add this: he says declaring martial law would be “kalokohan” (foolish), contrary to a previous threat he himself has made.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: When did the anti-drugs campaign under Duterte officially begin?
It was only two months after he assumed the presidency that police started their “legitimate” operations against illegal drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte said.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte shifts policy on Abu Sayyaf yet again
Since winning as president, Rodrigo Duterte has both condemned and sympathized with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on missing APEC dinner and photo shoot
After missing the U.S.-Asean meeting last September, President Rodrigo Duterte once again skipped a scheduled meeting with other world leaders.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on missing APEC dinner and photo shoot
Duterte flip-flops on missing APEC dinner and photo shoot from VERA Files on Vimeo. AFTER missing the U.S.-Asean meeting last September, President Rodrigo Duterte once again skipped a scheduled meeting with other world leaders. Duterte was a no-show at the gala dinner and the traditional leaders’ photo shoot during the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte now wants to woo the EU?
DOES President Rodrigo Duterte now want to be part of an alliance he once found “hypocritical?” Months after launching an expletive-laden attack on the European Union (EU), Duterte seems to have shifted his tone. STATEMENT: On Nov. 19, during his first bilateral meeting in Peru with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, whose leadership he openly admires,
