VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte received almost P400K monthly salary as president, not P197K as he now claims
Nearly one year after leaving Malacañang, former president Rodrigo Duterte said his monthly take-home pay was “P197,000 only” despite what he says were enormous tasks that kept him awake until early morning as the country’s chief executive. This was the seventh time, at least by VERA Files Fact Check’s count, that Duterte understated his compensation. […]