Duterte’s achievements
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced last week that President Duterte’s State of the Nation address on July 23 will follow a new format where he will be talking to the people on matters close to his heart.
Tag Archives: War on drugs
VERA FILES AT 10: In Payatas, cops do house-to-house drug testing
What would you do if a group of policemen showed up at your doorstep and asked you to pee into a plastic cup for an on-the-spot drug test that could reveal whether or not you had taken shabu or marijuana in the last seven days?
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte on number of enforcers killed, again
Duterte many times before used inflated averages in lamenting the number of enforcers killed in anti-drug operations.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Without citing hard evidence, Duterte keeps revising the number of Filipino drug addicts
Only in recent months did the president correct himself.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PHL’s notice of withdrawal from ICC is the latest in a string of inconsistent Palace responses to war on drugs probe
Palace spokesperson Roque earlier claimed he discussed the ICC probe 'extensively' with Duterte who he said 'welcomes' it.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Notice of withdrawal ng ‘Pinas sa ICC, pinakabago sa pa iba-ibang tugon ng Palasyo sa pagsusuri sa war on drugs
Iba ang agad na sinabi ng Malacañang pagkatapos ipahayag ni Bensouda ang preliminary examination.
Lawyer slams Roque: ICC’s initial probe on drug killings ‘never a waste of time’
“Determining accountability and rendering justice is not and can never be a waste of time.”
Poor grandmas forced to care for drug war orphans
Despite everything the children are undergoing, something can still be done.
Left-behind children cry ‘Papa!’
"Call them drug addicts. Call them less than human, but for these children, they're always their loving father."
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s grim portrait of war on drugs is not supported by gov’t data
Government figures tell a different story.
