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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos na ‘nananatiling on track’ ang PH para maabot ang upper middle-income status sa 2023 nangangailangan ng konteksto

By VERA Files | Sep 29, 2022 5:23 PM

Sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) na ang Pilipinas ay nananatiling “on track” para maabot ang upper middle-income status sa 2023 “sa kabila ng mga hamon ng pandemya at ng pagkadiskaril ng pandaigdigang ekonomiya.” Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim that PH ‘remains on track’ to reach upper middle-income status by 2023 needs context

By VERA Files | Sep 29, 2022 5:23 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that the Philippines remains “on track” to reach upper middle-income status by 2023 “despite the challenges of the pandemic and the global economic upheavals.” This needs context.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ng Press Secretary na sa mga world leader kay Marcos Jr. ‘lang nakipag-usap’ si Biden sa UNGA sidelines, HINDI TOTOO

By VERA Files | Sep 24, 2022 9:12 AM

Hindi totoo ang sinabi ni Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles na kay Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. lamang nakipagpulong si United States President Joe Biden sa sidelines ng 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) sa New York City.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Press Secretary falsely claims Biden ‘spoke only’ with Marcos Jr. among world leaders on the sidelines of UNGA

By VERA Files | Sep 24, 2022 9:12 AM

Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles inaccurately claimed that United States President Joe Biden met only with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte hindi pinakinggan si Locsin, sumalungat sa mga nakaraang pahayag sa pagdala ng arbitral win sa UN

By VERA Files | Sep 29, 2020 7:57 PM

Kinontra ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kanyang top diplomat nang pinanindigan niya ang makasaysayang tagumpay ng Pilipinas sa arbitration laban sa China sa pinagtatalunan sa South China Sea sa kanyang kauna-unahang pagsasalita sa United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) noong Set. 22.

Arbitral ruling, Rodrigo Duterte, UNGA

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte negates Locsin, contradicts past pronouncements in raising arbitral win in UN

By VERA Files | Sep 29, 2020 6:09 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte contradicted his top diplomat when he affirmed the Philippines’ historic arbitral victory against China on the South China Sea dispute during his debut appearance at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) on Sept. 22.

Arbitral ruling, Rodrigo Duterte, UNGA

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Duterte bats for equal access to vaccine vs COVID-19 at UNGA speech

By Ivel John M. Santos | Sep 23, 2020 4:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte reminded global leaders in his first-ever appearance at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that access for both poor and rich countries to a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine must be considered a “matter of public policy” and crucial in the global recovery from the pandemic.

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