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Checked by Vera Files24 Jun 2023Philippines Politics and government

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 Files9 Aug 2021Philippines Politics and government

Franklin Drilon

“Through Republic Act No. 10699 enacted in 2015 during the term of then President Benigno Aquino III, Congress granted tax exemption on winnings of national athletes.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: It is Republic Act No. 7549, enacted on May 22, 1992 during the term of the late President Corazon C. Aquino, that exempts from income tax payments “all prizes and awards” granted to athletes participating in local or i…