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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte binawi ang pagtatapos ng VFA sa US kasunod ng mga donasyon ng bakuna

By VERA Files | Aug 06, 2021 3:23 PM

Matapos ideklara noong nakaraang taon na “hindi niya sisirain” ang kanyang desisyon na wakasan ang Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) ng bansa sa United States (U.S.), binawi at ibinalik ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kontrobersyal na military deal bilang “konsesyon” kasunod ng donasyon ng mga COVID-19 vaccine ng Washington.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte recalls termination of VFA with US following vaccine donations

By VERA Files | Aug 06, 2021 2:32 PM

After declaring last year that he would “not renege” on his decision to terminate the country’s Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States (U.S.), President Rodrigo Duterte backtracked and reinstated the controversial military deal as a “concession” following the donation of COVID-19 vaccines by Washington.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte nagbago ng isip sa pagtatapos ng PH-US VFA

By VERA Files | Jun 04, 2020 3:37 PM

Mula sa pagmamalaking “hindi kailangan” ng Pilipinas ang United States para “mabuhay bilang isang bansa,” si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, sa pamamagitan ng kanyang secretary of foreign affairs, ay nagdesisyon na ipagpaliban muna ng hindi bababa sa anim na buwan ang pagwawakas ng Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) dahil sa mga “pampulitika at iba pang mga kaganapan sa rehiyon” sa kasalukuyan.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte changes tune on terminating PH-US VFA

By VERA Files | Jun 04, 2020 2:31 PM

From stressing that the Philippines “did not need” the United States to “survive as a nation,” President Rodrigo Duterte, through his foreign affairs secretary, is now citing “political and other developments in the region” to delay by at least six months the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).

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Commentary

That Thing Called the VFA

By Romel Regalado Bagares* | Mar 03, 2020 6:37 AM

Anytime now, we expect the Senate as a body to question before the Supreme Court the unilateral termination by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte of our obligations under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States of America.

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Commentary

Paving the way for China’s occupation of Scarborough Shoal?

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Mar 01, 2020 5:23 AM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III has told reporters that the Senate will be asking the Supreme Court Monday to rule on whether the president can unilaterally abrogate a treaty without the concurrence of the Senate that ratified the pact.

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Carpio warns of Duterte scrapping MDT

By Ivel John M. Santos | Feb 28, 2020 11:36 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte could unilaterally abrogate the 1951 RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) once the Supreme Court decides that he has the authority to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio warned on Friday.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Palasyo kinontra ang AFP chief, sinabing PH ‘hindi bukas’ sa mga bagong military agreement

By VERA Files | Feb 17, 2020 3:02 PM

Kinontra ni Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo ang mga bagong hinirang na Armed Forces Chief Felimon Santos Jr., na nagsabing “isusulong” ng Pilipinas ang pag-apruba ng mga visiting forces agreement (VFA) sa ibang mga bansa.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Palace negates AFP chief, says PH ‘not open’ to new military agreements

By VERA Files | Feb 17, 2020 2:02 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo contradicted newly appointed Armed Forces Chief Felimon Santos Jr., who said the Philippines will “push” for the approval of visiting forces agreements (VFA) with other countries.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sa pagtatanggol sa desisyon ni Duterte na ibasura ang VFA, dating Palace spox Harry Roque gumawa ng dalawang maling pahayag

By VERA Files | Feb 07, 2020 11:46 PM

Mali si dating Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque nang sinabi niyang walang pakinabang ang bansa sa Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) sa United States, at ang mga sundalong Pilipino, “batay” sa Guinness World Records, ang nakikipaglaban sa “pinakamatagal na paghihimagsik” sa buong mundo.

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