FACT CHECK: Arjo Atayde did NOT resign amid flood control project controversy
Several posts on the supposed resignation of Quezon City 1st District Rep. Arjo Atayde are circulating on Facebook. This is false.
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FACT CHECK: Romualdez selecting successor NEEDS CONTEXT
When a House speaker resigns, his replacement is elected by a majority vote of all House members. The House rules does not provide that the outgoing speaker can choose his successor.
Political theatrics
Bersamin's statement rebuking the House over a plan that had been shelved appears to be unnecessary, unless the Palace wants to send a message to Romualdez to "moderate [their] greed."
FACT CHECK: PUWEDE pang iapela ng House ang desisyon ng SC ukol sa impeachment ni VP Sara
Mali ang pahayag ng isang YouTube video na nagsasabing hindi na maaaring i-apela ng Kamara ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema na ideklarang unconstitutional ang Articles of Impeachment laban kay Vice President Sara Duterte.
FACT CHECK: Ombudsman did NOT convict Sara over alleged fund misuse
Facebook and YouTube posts claim that the Ombudsman has convicted Vice President Sara Duterte and ordered her imprisonment. This is false.
FACT SHEET: Ano ang maaasahan sa impeachment trial ni Sara Duterte
Ang tanong kung pwedeng ipagpatuloy ng papasok na 20th Congress—na magsisimula ng termino sa tanghali ng Hunyo 30 ngunit magpupulong bilang isang legislative body sa Hulyo 28—ang proseso ng impeachment o hindi ay nananatiling walang katiyakan.
FACT SHEET: What to expect from the impeachment trial of Sara Duterte
The question on whether or not the incoming 20th Congress—whose term begins at noon on June 30 but will convene as a legislative body on July 28—could continue the impeachment process remains unsettled.
FACT SHEET: What exactly did the Court of Appeals say about De Lima’s case?
News headlines from May 15 used the words nullified, voided, reversed and remanded to refer to an April 30 ruling of the Court of Appeals in granting a petition for certiorari on a drug case in which former senator Leila de Lima had been acquitted.
FACT SHEET: Who should take credit for the free college tuition law?
With Bam Aquino poised to make a Senate comeback based on his high ranking in the May 12 polls, VERA Files Fact Check observed a barrage of posts online questioning the role he played in the passing of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
FACT CHECK: Luistro, House NOT backing out from Sara impeachment
A YouTube video falsely claims that Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro and the House of Representatives have backed out from pursuing the impeachment complaint against VP Sara Duterte.
