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Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa

“Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa's case related to the Duterte administration's campaign against illegal drugs has reached the International Criminal Court.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: Although Dela Rosa was named in the request to launch the drug war probe in 2021, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has yet to identify any suspects who will be charged with crimes against humanity that occurred in the Duterte …

Robinhood Padilla

“Neophyte Sen. Robinhood Padilla said on June 16 that “the ‘new’ Senate is not taking its job lightly” and “not in the business of comedy” amid the serious problems facing the country, refuting former senator Franklin Drilon’s statement about the lack of proper decorum which could inadvertently erode the chambers’ credibility and prestige.”

Vera Files rated this: Inaccurate

Vera Files says: Video recordings of committee hearings in the Senate show Padilla and other senators engaging in unparliamentary behavior such as bantering and berating resource persons with expletives and other obscene words and threa…

Checked by Vera Files23 Jun 2023PhilippinesFilipino
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., President

“Ginawa” ng Masagana 99 program "ang [Pilipinas] na self-sufficient at isang rice exporting country,” isa sa "maraming milestones" sa 125-taong kasaysayan ng Department of Agriculture.”

Vera Files rated this: Kailangan ng konteksto

Vera Files says: Pitong taon matapos ilunsad ang Masagana 99 noong Mayo 1973, naging walang kabuluhan ang programa at tahimik na itinigil noong 1984, ayon sa pananaliksik ng University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center (UP T…

Checked by Vera Files23 Jun 2023Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., President

“The Masagana 99 program "made the [Philippines] self-sufficient and a rice exporting country" as one of the "many milestones" in the 125-year history of the Department of Agriculture.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs context

Vera Files says: Seven years after Masagana 99 was launched in May 1973, the program became inconsequential and was quietly discontinued in 1984, according to a research by the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center (U…