VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Multimillionaire Duterte says ‘I am not a millionaire’
President Rodrigo Duterte said “Ako hindi ako milyonaryo (I am not a millionaire).” Is it the truth?
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can the SolGen tell the courts that Napoles is not guilty?
What are the powers and functions of the Office of the Solicitor General?
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on family’s wealth
President Rodrigo Duterte is now tweaking his narrative from being born to a poor family and growing up “in the slums” and is now saying his family was and is not poor.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was Duterte’s chest pain checkup ‘just a story’?
The Press Secretary is the liaison between the government, the public and the media. One of his functions is to clarify, confirm or deny information that the media ask him for confirmation.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Zubiri a cheater? Trillanes a rebel and traitor?
Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and Antonio Trillanes IV almost came to blows after a heated debate on the Senate floor on Jan. 17.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is Aguirre correct in saying CHR should file cases against erring policemen?
Is Aguirre correct in saying CHR should file cases against erring policemen?
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: Did Filipinos become poorer under Aquino?
POVERTY worsened during President Benigno Aquino’s term, said Joey Salgado, spokesperson of former Vice President Jejomar Binay. STATEMENT: Reacting to Vice President Leni Robredo’s statement at an antipoverty summit that “poverty is a larger war that needs our attention,” Salgado said on Oct. 11: “With all due respect to Vice President Leni Robredo, her party,
