VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Allowing China to fish in PH EEZ violates Constitution, local laws
Duterte’s proposition directly violates the Philippine Charter, the Fisheries Code, and the archipelagic baselines law.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, the world didn’t ‘look up’ to Duterte for cursing Obama
Duterte did not earn praise for calling Obama “son of a whore.”
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The LGBTQ in the eyes of President Rodrigo Duterte
For Pride Month, VERA Files presents a timeline of the president’s statements on LGBTQ issues.
How intelligent is the government’s intel report?
The arrest of Davao-based journalist Margarita Valle last Sunday which turned out to be a case of mistaken identity puts into a question how intelligent is this so-called intelligence report which is the basis for the actions of government authorities including the country’s chief executive, President Duterte.
Sagot ni VERA Files President Ellen T. Tordesillas sa sinabi ni Pangulong Duterte na siya ay may kanser at nanghihingi ng pera
Wala na akong kanser. Matagal na akong gumaling sa sakit na kanser. Taong 2003 pa.
‘Pres’ Sara 2022 is Duterte’s insurance from ICC arrest when he is no longer president
Early last week, fellow Malaya columnist JB Baylon posted this shout out in his Facebook wall: After DU30, Sarah Accept it. Sorry na lang for those who sucked up hoping for an endorsement. She’s the “term extension”
A (post)modern-day Vandal contra the Church
President Rodrigo Duterte’s vituperation against the Roman Catholic Church is unprecedented in recent Philippine political history. Not even the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s record matches it.Yet, in a predominantly Catholic country, his outrageous display of irreligiosity appears to perturb only a few.
The Bureau of Customs: Duterte’s Booby Trap for the Military
It looks like another naive, impulsive move, but turning over the Bureau of Customs to the military is possibly the most dangerous move Duterte has hatched.
Michael Yang is presidential economic adviser
Things will never be the same between China and President Duterte after the latter’s unprovoked comment about businessman Michael Yang and Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua at the dinner with officers and members Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association, Inc. last Oct. 4 in Malacañang.
Duterte tells the truth
This time, President Duterte is telling the truth: he has killed people without the victim or victims going through due process.
