VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Malacañang backtracks on Duterte’s ‘verbal fishing deal’ with China
The president himself said in a speech in June 2019 that he would “of course” allow Chinese nationals to fish within Philippine waters.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming Duterte warned China on WPS issue was from a 2017 speech
There was no reference to Russia getting angry at China over the territorial dispute.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING video claims Duterte joined US in “warning” China over WPS incursions
Duterte’s most recent comment on the country’s maritime controversy with China came on April 19 — seven days after the misleading FB video was published.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post claiming US, Australia sent warships to disputed PH territory MISLEADS
There has been no statement from Washington or the Australian government about deploying warships into the disputed waters.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Lorenzana kinontra ang pahayag ng militar sa insidente ng panunutok ng baril ng China sa West PH Sea
Minaliit ni Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ang insidente noong Peb. 17 kung saan nag umang ng radar gun ang isang Chinese warship sa isang Philippine navy ship na nasa loob karagatan ng Pilipinas, na sumasalungat sa naunang pahayag ng militar.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Lorenzana contradicts military statement on China gun-pointing incident in West PH Sea
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has downplayed the Feb. 17 incident in which a Chinese warship aimed a radar gun on a Philippine navy ship within Philippine waters, contradicting an earlier statement of the military.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO word yet from Palace on China’s ‘new district’ in Kalayaan Island Group
The circulating story is over a year old.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ang nagbabagong paninindigan ng Palasyo sa pagpapahintulot sa China na mangingisda sa PH EEZ
Tatlong taon na ang nakalipas, inilabas ng Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ang makasaysayang desisyon nito na pumabor sa Pilipinas laban sa China tungkol sa pinagtatalunang teritoryo sa South China Sea.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto mali sa pagsabi na ‘mahirap’ ipaglaban na pansarili lamang ang PH EEZ
Mali si Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III sa pahayag na "napakahirap" matukoy ang sovereign rights ng Pilipinas sa exclusive economic zone (EEZ) nito.
An Executive Agreement written on water
One thinks his political allegiances made Sen. Tolentino forget his public international law, which was his major as a graduate student at the University of London. Or perhaps, he simply forgot.
