FACT CHECK: Rodriguez misstates involvement in 2022 sugar fiasco
Former executive secretary Vic Rodriguez claimed with no basis that he ordered the seizure of illegally imported sugar in 2022.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DA official seesaws on sugar import fiasco
In a public hearing by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on May 23, Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban backpedaled six times on claims regarding President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s directive early this year to import sugar.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Opisyal ng DA nag-seesaw sa sugar import fiasco
Sa isang pampublikong pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee noong Mayo 23, anim na beses na nagbago si Agriculture Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban sa mga pahayag hinggil sa direktiba ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. sa unang bahagi ng taong ito na mag-angkat ng asukal.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO subpoena or scheme to jail Marcos from Senate
A video falsely claims that the Senate served a subpoena to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos over a controversial order to import sugar. It also erroneously claimed that the Senate was plotting to imprison him.
