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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos DID NOT reclaim Sabah during recent Malaysia trip

By VERA Files | Aug 08, 2023 2:36 AM

A YouTube video bore a clickbait thumbnail and headline saying President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos reclaimed Sabah during his state visit to Malaysia. This is not true. The territorial claim over Sabah was not on the agenda of Marcos’ three-day official visit last month. Posted on July 28, the video featured a photo of Marcos juxtaposed […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bongbong Marcos has NOT reclaimed Sabah from Malaysia

By VERA Files | Aug 12, 2022 11:12 AM

A TikTok video reshared on Facebook (FB) claims President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos has reclaimed Sabah from Malaysia. Not true. There have been no recent claims by the president on Sabah, nor has there been an announcement that the state would be re-incorporated into Philippine territory. First posted on July 26, the 15-second TikTok clip bore […]

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Centerlaw: Documents belie De Lima’s claim of misinformation

Apr 08, 2015 6:28 PM

Statement of the Prof. Harry L. Roque Jr., chair of the Center for International Law (Centerlaw), an NGO dedicated to the promotion of binding international legal norms in the Philippines and Asia: “We take exception to the veiled threat in the statement made yesterday by Secretary Leila De Lima that the Vera Files special […]

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De Lima will not see what she doesn’t want to see

Apr 08, 2015 4:57 AM

BY ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS NOW that the Department of Foreign Affairs’ willingness to downgrade the country’s claim to Sabah to strengthen its case against China before the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal has been exposed, it is resorting to the classic diversionary tactic- questioning the journalists’ motives in writing the report. Justice Secretary Leila de […]

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VERA Files statement on DFA’s statement on Sabah for Spratlys story

Mar 31, 2015 7:12 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs is misleading the public when it says “Sabah is not in any way part of the note” verbale the Phililippine government sent recently to Malaysia in denying VERA Files’s story “PH offers Sabah to win Malaysia’s support for UN case vs China.” Note Verbale No. 15-1979 sent to Malaysia, […]

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PH offers Sabah to win Malaysia’s support for UN case vs China

Mar 30, 2015 12:30 AM

By TESSA JAMANDRE THE Philippines has offered to downgrade its claim on Sabah in exchange for Malaysia’s support for its case against China before the United Nations. The quid pro quo was contained in a note verbale the Department of Foreign Affairs handed to a representative of the Malaysian Embassy last week, a […]

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Anywhere but here: Deported human trafficking victims dream of life as illegals in Sabah

May 17, 2014 9:30 PM

By JOSEPH ARNEL DELIVERIO BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi—They were arrested by authorities for illegally working in Malaysia, and detained for months in cramped cells where they were fed only twice a day. Yet the four Filipino deportees said they would give up everything for a chance to go back, even if it meant going through the whole […]

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No talk of Sabah in Aquino-Najib meet Feb. 27

Feb 17, 2014 7:07 AM

By TESSA JAMANDRE PRESIDENT Aquino and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak are set to meet in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 27, when Aquino visits Malaysia in his first foreign trip for 2014, a highly reliable foreign affairs source said. Missing from the agenda, however, will be the setting up of a consulate in Sabah, […]

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Civil society takes Malaysia to UN for maltreatment of Filipinos in Sabah

Apr 01, 2013 6:00 AM

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS CONCERNED citizens are hauling the Malaysian government to the United Nations for human rights abuses against Filipinos in Sabah, even as they criticized the Philippine government for lack of outrage and action. Concerned groups and individuals are filing Monday urgent appeals with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay and […]

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Agonizing moments at the DFA over Sabah

Mar 31, 2013 11:53 PM

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS WHEN some 30 concerned citizens met before the Holy Week to discuss the appeal to the United Nations for help for Filipinos in Sabah who are being maltreated by Malaysian authorities, they decided they would do it as private citizens and not waste their time getting the support of the Philippine […]

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