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Categories News Seeing through the SmokePhilippine government promotes tobacco industry interests at global health forum; civil society outraged
Civil society groups consider the position taken by the Philippine delegation at the COP9 as a betrayal.
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Categories Fact Check FilipinoVERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin nag u-turn sa bagong coast guard law ng China
Sa loob lamang ng dalawang araw, naiba ang posisyon ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. tungkol sa pagpasa ng bagong coast guard law ng China — na pinapayagan nitong paputukan ang mga banyagang sasakyang pandagat sa teritoryo na inangkin ng China. Mula sa “wala tayong pakialam,” tinawag niya itong isang “verbal na banta ng giyera” sa mga lalabag dito.
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Categories FACT CHECK News
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin u-turns on China’s new coast guard law
In just two days, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. went from saying the passage of China’s new coast guard law — which allows it to fire on foreign vessels in China-claimed maritime areas — was “none of our business,” to calling it a “verbal threat of war” to those who will violate it.
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Categories Fact Check FilipinoVERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin mali ang pahayag sa approval rating ni Duterte
Hindi tama ang sinabi ni Foreign Secretary Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. na “approve” kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte “to the max” at “walang pasubali” ang mga sumagot sa pinakahuling survey ng Pulse Asia.
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Categories FACT CHECK News
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin makes inaccurate claim on Duterte’s approval ratings
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. erroneously claimed that the respondents in the latest Pulse Asia survey who said they “approve” of President Rodrigo Duterte did so “to the max” with “no exceptions.”
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Categories Fact Check FilipinoVERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Locsin tungkol sa US entry ban sa mga nag akusa kay De Lima kailangan ng konteksto
Kailangan ilagay sa tamang konteksto ang pahayag ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. na wala sa U.S. 2020 budget law ang probisyon na nagbabawal makapasok sa Estados Unidos ang mga opisyal ng Pilipinas na sangkot sa “maling” pagpapakulong kay Sen. Leila de Lima. Samantala, kinumpirma ng Malacañang na mayroong ban.
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Categories FACT CHECK News
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin’s claim on US entry ban vs De Lima accusers needs context
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s claim that the provision banning Philippine officials involved in the “wrongful” detention of Sen. Leila de Lima from entering the United States is not in the U.S. 2020 budget law needs context. Meanwhile, Malacañang confirms that there is a ban.
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Categories Fact Check Filipino
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte, Locsin inulit ang pahayag na ang pagkubkob sa Marawi ay dahil sa operasyon laban sa droga
Hindi mga iligal na droga ang opisyal na dahilan ng giyera na nagwasak sa Marawi City noong 2017, ngunit ito ang sinabi nina Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin, Jr. sa labas ng bansa sa magkahiwalay na pahayag, ilang araw lamang ang pagitan.
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Categories FACT CHECK News
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte, Locsin repeat claim Marawi siege caused by anti-drug ops
Illegal drugs was not the official cause of the war that devastated Marawi City in 2017, but President Rodrigo Duterte and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin, Jr. claimed this on the international stage, within days of each other.
