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“COVID-19 vaccines are creating SARS-CoV-2 variants”
“If the virus keeps mutating everyday, vaccines will no longer be effective.”
“Nagboluntaryo si Vice President Leni Robredo na sumama kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa isang infomercial upang makatulong na mapalakas ang kumpiyansa ng publiko sa bakuna laban sa COVID-19.”
Vera Files says: Taliwas sa pahayag ni Palace Spokesman Harry Roque, si Robredo ay hindi nagboluntaryo, ngunit nagpahayag lamang ng kahandaan na lumabas sa isang COVID-19 infomercial kasama si Duterte bilang tugon sa panukala ni Sen. Jo…
“People who receive a COVID-19 vaccine develop a magnetic field due to a genetically engineered magnet protein in the drug”
“Vice President Leni Robredo volunteered to appear with President Rodrigo Duterte in an infomercial to help boost public confidence in the vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).”
Vera Files says: Contrary to the claim of Palace Spokesman Harry Roque, Vice President Leni Robredo did not volunteer but only expressed willingness to appear in a COVID-19 vaccine infomercial with President Duterte in response to a pro…
“Donation drive for baby with toxic shock syndrome whose parent, either a construction worker or a painter, asks for donations via GCash”
“President Rodrigo Duterte disclosed that Sen. Manny Pacquiao has a debt of a billion pesos”
“Ipinauubaya ni Pangulong Duterte sa Diyos” ang desisyon sa pagtakbo para pagka-bise presidente sa 2022 elections.”
Vera Files says: Ito ay isang pagbabago mula sa pahayag ni Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque noong Nobyembre 2020, nang sinabi niyang si Duterte ay "sabik na wakasan ang kanyang termino dahil nais na niyang umuwi sa Davao [City]." Noong M…
“President Duterte is "leaving to God" the decision to run for vice president in the 2022 elections.”
Vera Files says: This is a shift from Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque's pronouncement in November 2020, when he said Duterte was "eager to end his term because he already wants to go back home to Davao [City]." In March 2021, Roque impl…
“Comelec commissioners are being removed and reshuffled.”
“President Rodrigo Duterte fulfilled his promise to go to the South China Sea via jet ski and wave the Philippine flag”
“The Philippines halted AstraZeneca vaccinations for people under 60 years old this May”
“Ang hindi paglahok ng China ay nagtanggal ng legal status sa arbitration proceedings sa Permanent Court of Arbitration sa kaso ng Pilipinas laban sa China tungkol sa hidwaan sa South China Sea.”
Vera Files says: Ang sadya na hindi pakikilahok ng China sa proceedings ay hindi naging hadlang sa arbitral tribunal — na hinirang alinsunod sa UNCLOS — sa pagdinig at pagbibigay ng hatol sa kasong isinampa ng Pilipinas. Tulad ng nakasa…
“Body parts of newly-aborted fetuses are chopped up and grown in laboratories to make COVID-19 vaccines”
“China's nonparticipation delegitimized the arbitration proceedings in the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Philippines' case against China over the South China Sea maritime dispute.”
Vera Files says: China’s deliberate nonparticipation in the proceedings did not hamper the arbitral tribunal — appointed in accordance with UNCLOS — from hearing and rendering judgment on the case filed by the Philippines. As stated in …