VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Six most repeated lies creeping into public sphere in 2022
What happens when public officials, media outlets and online users keep repeating false statements?
Tag Archives: Rodrigo Duterte
Scorecard: Six years of fact checking Duterte
The country’s former top public official was VERA Files’ most fact-checked personality since 2016. He was named the “most fact-checked figure” in 2018 and the top purveyor of disinformation on COVID-19 among government officials in 2020.
FACT SHEET: Disparity in body count of drug war victims explained
The Marcos administration has revamped the government’s anti-drug campaign in a bid to focus on demand reduction and rehabilitation of users, as opposed to the all-out war that led to the death of thousands of Filipinos in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Pagkakaiba sa bilang ng katawan ng mga biktima ng giyera laban sa droga ipinaliwanag
Binago ng administrasyong Marcos ang kampanya laban sa droga ng gobyerno para pagtuunan ng pansin ang pagbabawas ng demand at rehabilitasyon ng mga user, taliwas sa all-out war na humantong sa pagkamatay ng libu-libong Pilipino sa war on drugs ng administrasyong Duterte.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr.’s claim that rice now at P25 per kilo statement needs context
The P25 per kilo rice is available only in Kadiwa ng Pasko caravan stores which operate in limited areas at designated dates and time in Metro Manila and in the provinces of Oriental Mindoro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao de Oro.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos Jr. na ang bigas ngayon ay nasa P25 kada kilo nangangailangan ng konteksto
Noong Disyembre 1, sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na papalapit na ang kanyang administrasyon sa kanyang layunin na ibaba ang presyo ng bigas sa P20 kada kilo ngayong ibinebenta na ito sa halagang P25 kada kilo. Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: City of Pearl NOT under Duterte or Marcos infra projects
A Facebook page claimed in a graphic that the City of Pearl infrastructure project is part of the flagship infrastructure programs of former president Rodrigo Duterte and incumbent President Bongbong Marcos. Not true. It is a public-private partnership project entered into by the City of Manila in 2017.
Taxpayers to shoulder P800M price for cowardice of leaders
When former president Rodrigo Duterte buckled under China’s bullying and reimposed a 2014 moratorium on drilling in the Reed Bank, off the coast of Palawan, in April, he and his advisers most likely did not realize that it would cost the government at least $13.78 million (about P800 million with today’s exchange rate) in unnecessary spending.
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.
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.
