FACT CHECK: OVP’s ‘clean’ record and ‘highest’ audit rating NEEDS CONTEXT
Posts claiming the OVP's "very clear and clean record" received the "highest" COA audit rating, and that VP Sara Duterte stole no public funds need context.
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FACT CHECK: De Lima DID NOT ‘move for zero budget’ for OVP in 2026
A quote attributed to Mamamayang Liberal Party-list Rep. Leila De Lima, claiming she pushed for "zero budget" for the Office of the Vice President in 2026, is going viral on Facebook. This is false.
FACT CHECK: ‘Unmodified opinion’ of COA did NOT clear OVP of irregularities
A Facebook (FB) post is falsely claiming the Commission on Audit (COA) found no irregularities in the utilization of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget, citing the “unmodified opinion” given by the commission to the OVP in 2023.
FACT CHECK: HINDI ginawang zero ang budget ng OVP
Hindi totoong ginawang zero ang budget ng Office of the Vice President para sa 2025.
FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Sara Duterte sa ‘conviction’ ng mambabatas ng child abuse nangangailangan ng konteksto
Talagang nahatulan ng pang-aabuso sa bata si Castro ngunit ang kaso ay naka apela at siya ay nananatili sa posisyon.
FACT CHECK: Sara Duterte’s claim on lawmaker’s ‘conviction’ of child abuse needs context
While Duterte did not name names, she was looking at France Castro when she mentioned “somebody convicted of child abuse” during the hearing.
FACT CHECK: FAKE ‘graduation message from VP Sara’ circulates
Several Facebook (FB) pages shared a fake graduation message supposedly from Vice President and Department of Education Secretary (DepEd) Sara Duterte-Carpio.
Arrogance of numbers
Because the administration's allies have the numbers — a supermajority, in fact — Duterte can spend the OVP budget however she wants to. That's their version of democracy.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OVP spox contradicts Sara on use of presidential chopper
After drawing the ire of online users who said Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio should be thanking taxpayers instead, her spokesperson Reynold Munsayac told reporters that the vice president does not use the chopper for personal matters.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OVP spox salungat ang pahayag sa sinabi ni Sara tungkol sa paggamit ng presidential chopper
Matapos magalit ang online users na nagsabing dapat magpasalamat si Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio sa mga taxpayer, sinabi ng kanyang tagapagsalita na si Reynold Munsayac sa mga mamamahayag na hindi ginagamit ng bise presidente ang chopper para sa mga personal na bagay.