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40 checks for “Rodrigo Duterte”
Vera Files says: This AI-generated image creates a deceptive scene mocking the high-profile arrest of former House speaker Martin Romualdez. While Romualdez was indeed served a plunder warrant at Cardinal Santos Medical Center, the scen…
Vera Files says: Earlier, Duterte insisted it was drug lords and pushers he “would be happy to slaughter,” not addicts.
Vera Files says: On Feb. 17, Duterte said he never called Marcos a drug addict, explaining that he could have been referring to the president's use of prescription drugs such as antibiotics and pain killers.
Vera Files says: Duterte said he could have been referring to the use of drugs such as antibiotics or aspiring, not illegal substances.
Vera Files says: This was the first time Duterte mentioned Marcos’ name in connection with drug abuse. In a Nov. 18 , 2021 speech in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, the then-president said a candidate in the 2022 presidential election w…
Vera Files says: Former president Rodrigo Duterte showed no proof of his claim. PDEA issued a statement saying that Marcos' name "is not and was never" in its drug watchlist.
Vera Files says: During and after his presidency, Duterte has made several public statements, declaring that he would kill rogue cops involved in illegal drugs.
Vera Files says: On several occasions, at least once a year since 2016, Duterte made public statements authorizing law enforcers to kill drug suspects, particularly those who are resisting arrest and fighting back.
Vera Files says: As of June 1, data from the Department of Health (DOH) COVID-19 vaccination dashboard shows that this target was indeed achieved with 70,147,235 Filipinos completing their primary vaccine series, but only after several …
Vera Files says: A week ago, Duterte said he will refuse if Duque resigns from his post.
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…
Vera Files says: Dereliction of duty under Section 208 of the Revised Penal Code covers only “any public officer or officer of the law” who “maliciously refrain[s] from instituting the prosecution” of law violators or “tolerate[s] the c…
Vera Files says: Filipino citizens aged 60 and above are second in the 12-tier priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination of the government, next to the estimated 1.7 million frontline healthcare workers, the health department's list of p…
Vera Files says: The Palace has flip-flopped several times on when the president will be vaccinated and whether it would be in public. In August 2020, Duterte said he will be the "first" to be inoculated and that this would be done in p…
Vera Files says: The Norwegian Medicines Agency(NMA) said the deaths of the elderly patients after receiving Pfizer jabs “do not imply that there is a causal relationship between the deaths and the vaccine.” It noted that an average of …
Vera Files says: It was the president who first disclosed to the public that some soldiers had already been vaccinated. PSG Commander Jesus Durante III had said the PSG informed the president of the inoculation as early as October 2020.