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Checked by Vera Files18 Nov 2020Philippines
Duterte administration

“The Duterte administration wants "to find a more enhanced, mutually beneficial, mutually agreeable, and more effective and lasting arrangement" with the United States as it seeks yet another six-month extension of the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).”

Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop

Vera Files says: In a move that surprised many, President Rodrigo Duterte decided on June 1 to temporarily suspend for six months (ending on Dec. 1) the termination of the VFA "in light of political and other developments in the region.…

Jonathan Malaya

“The CPP/NPA/NDF has been declared as a terror group in the Philippines and that countries such as the United States, New Zealand, and Australia, as well as the United Kingdom and the European Union have listed CPP/NPA/NDF as terrorist organizations.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: Proclamation 374, which President Duterte issued in 2017, declared CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization, but does not mention the NDF. The United States, New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom and European Union have als…