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?”
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was Malacañang unaware of the Marcos burial?
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he knew nothing about the clandestine burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) on Nov. 18. In a press conference on Nov. 21 in Lima, Peru, Duterte said he never bothered to ask the late president’s family for the details of the burial. STATEMENT
Marcos burial a ‘calculated risk’ — lawyer
By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AS protests rage over the Marcos burial, a human rights lawyer and anti-Martial law advocate said any attempt to overturn the Supreme Court ruling would have slim chance of succeeding. In burying the remains of former president Ferdinand Marcos pending the finality of the SC decision, the Marcos family banked on a
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte wants forgiveness after Marcos burial?
AS THE surprise burial of dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Nov. 18 triggered massive protests on the streets, President Rodrigo Duterte sought to unify Filipinos. Upon arriving in Lima, Peru for the 24th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Meeting, he said in a statement: “I would like to pray
Marcos burial: A day of celebration and outrage
Text by MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AND AVIGAIL OLARTE Video by LUCILLE SODIPE CLAD in white shirts and red bandanas bearing the famous peace sign, loyalists of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos clutched the shut gates of the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Nov. 18, the day of the burial. They wanted to be let in
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Were there really no movies about the martial law years?
STATEMENT: The clandestine burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) Friday angered many, prompting a wave of protests across the country. In response, President Rodrigo Duterte, who in his campaign days promised the interment of the deposed strongman at the LNMB, called for “forgiveness.” Currently in Lima, Peru
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ sins not yet proven in court?
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he won’t take his word back on allowing the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Amid protests and calls for him to reconsider, the president said the sins of Marcos have yet to be proven. He made the statement as he left for his
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Has Duterte kept his vow to stop cursing?
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has shocked and shamed many, and most of the time, his statements came with a cussword. Even before winning the elections, the crime-busting, fearless Davao mayor has managed to offend women and rape victims, gays, those with disabilities — and even the Pope. In an interview with Jessica Soho just after the
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Drug addiction not a medical problem?
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte shuns the idea that drug addiction is a medical condition with a cure. For him, drug users are the “living walking dead” whose brains have already shrunk, and who have become useless to society. On Oct. 27, in his arrival speech from Japan, Duterte said: STATEMENT: “Eh sabi nila, (drug addiction is)
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is President Duterte a Foreign Service graduate?
IN his state visit to China, President Rodrigo Duterte said he has “the proper perspective to judge” whether a foreign policy is good or not for the country. He credits this to his profession and education. STATEMENT Asked in a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 19 on how he would enhance the Philippine-China relations,
