Top secret: confidential corruption
For his last hurrah in office, Rodrigo Duterte had the privilege of spending a total of P4.5 billion in confidential and intelligence funds. How he spent that colossal amount will never be known.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos tungkol sa bilang ng mga drug addict sa PH nangangailangan ng konteksto
Nangangailangan ng konteksto ang pahayag ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na may humigit-kumulang 4.5 milyong drug addict sa Pilipinas.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim about the number of drug addicts in PH needs context
While the results from the 2019 National Household Survey on the Patterns and Trends of Drug Abuse released by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) show that there are 4.7 million lifetime users of drugs aged 10 to 69, only around 1.67 million, or two out of 100 Filipinos, are considered “current drug users.”
PHL argument to defer drug war probe fails to convince ICC prosecutor
The Philippine government has failed to convince International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan that it has been conducting an adequate probe on alleged crimes against humanity related to the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. %
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robin Padilla wrongly claims SC has ‘decided’ on PDP-Laban chairmanship row
The PDP-Laban’s leadership squabble in the 2022 elections has not been raised to the Supreme Court.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robin Padilla mali sa pagsabing ‘nagdesisyon’ na ang SC sa isyu ng PDP-Laban chairmanship
Sa pagdinig ng subcommittee ng Senado sa panukalang budget ng hudikatura para sa 2023, sinabi ni Sen. Robinhood Padilla na “nagpasya” na ang Korte Suprema sa isyu ng chairmanship sa pagitan ng dalawang paksyon sa Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban). Ito ay hindi totoo.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mary Jane Veloso’s father falsely claims that previous presidents ‘did nothing’ to help her
In appealing to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to seek clemency for Mary Jane Veloso, an overseas worker from Nueva Ecija languishing in death row in Indonesia for smuggling heroin into that country, her father, Cesar, said that the two previous presidents were unable to help with the case. This is false.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ng ama ni Mary Jane Veloso na ‘walang ginawa’ ang mga nakaraang pangulo para tulungan ang anak hindi totoo
Sa pag-apela kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na humingi ng kapatawaran para kay Mary Jane Veloso, isang overseas worker mula sa Nueva Ecija na nasa death row sa Indonesia dahil sa pagpuslit ng heroin sa bansang iyon, sinabi ng kanyang ama na si Cesar na hindi nakatulong ang dalawang naunang presidente sa kaso. Ito ay hindi totoo.
The 8 redemption moments of Fidel V. Ramos
“I came here because of my sincere conviction that the time had come to reverse the situation,” Fidel V. Ramos announced after breaking with the Marcos regime in February 1986.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dela Rosa falsely claims Duterte never ordered to kill anyone involved in drugs
Interviewed on ANC’s Headstart on July 18, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that former president Rodrigo Duterte never ordered the killing of anyone involved in drugs. This is inaccurate.
