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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video shows 2013 storm surge, NOT tsunami after most recent Mindanao quake

By VERA Files | Dec 07, 2023 11:54 AM

A Facebook (FB) page uploaded a 10-year-old clip of a storm surge, passing it off as a tsunami after the magnitude 7.4 quake that jolted parts of Mindanao just days ago. The highest ocean wave recorded following the Dec. 2, 2023 earthquake reached a height of 0.64 meter on Mawes Island in Hinatuan, according to […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO tsunami hitting provinces of Mindanao

By VERA FILES | Nov 28, 2023 4:05 PM

As of publishing, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said there is no tsunami threat to the Philippines.

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There is no ‘Solid South’ in Mindanao – political analysts, journalist

By Bryan Manalang | Nov 30, 2021 11:30 PM

There is no such thing as a “solid South” vote as several presidential candidates in the 2022 elections have already established their base in Mindanao and linked up with different powerful families in the region, according to political analysts.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Duterte na ‘walang pang-aabuso’ sa Mindanao noong martial law, HINDI TOTOO

By VERA Files | Aug 01, 2020 11:07 AM

Ang pagmamalaki ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na “natapos nang walang pang-aabuso” ang martial law sa Mindanao ay taliwas sa mga ulat mula sa iba’t ibang human rights watchdogs at advocacy groups.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte claim ‘no abuses’ in Mindanao martial law FALSE

By VERA Files | Aug 01, 2020 7:22 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that martial law in Mindanao “ended without abuses” runs contrary to reports from different human rights watchdogs and advocacy groups.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sa unang talumpati sa 2019, Duterte inulit ang maling pahayag tungkol sa mga bagyo sa Mindanao

By VERA FILES | Jan 10, 2019 3:50 PM

Maraming bagyo kabilang ang pinakamatinding tumama sa bansa na hindi pa natatagalan ay winasak ang Mindanao, salungat sa pahayag ni Duterte.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: In first 2019 speech, Duterte repeats false claim about typhoons in Mindanao

By VERA Files | Jan 08, 2019 6:10 PM

‘Mindanao does not suffer any serious calamities,’ he said.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte mali sa sinabing hindi tinatamaan ng bagyo ang Mindanao

By VERA FILES | Aug 29, 2018 2:10 PM

Nagbitaw ng maling pahayag si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ang Mindanao ay hindi tinatamaan ng mapaminsalang mga bagyo.

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Duterte: Maute group committed act of rebellion in Marawi City

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | May 26, 2017 9:41 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has called the clashes in Marawi City between the Maute group and government forces an act of rebellion, which is one of the justifications for the imposition of Martial Law and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus under the Constitution.

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Is that so? Duterte on a ‘not-so-all-out’ war against Abu Sayyaf

Aug 08, 2016 7:20 AM

TO PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte, they’re thugs to be stamped out. Or so he sometimes says. “There is no redeeming factor or reason for me to sit down and talk with criminals. Pareho lang rin ‘yan sa droga.” Duterte described the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) this way, during the mass oath- taking of his appointees in Malacanang, […]

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