“Kitty Duterte says that under her father Rodrigo Duterte's presidency, young people could go out and come home safely, implying the streets were safer then.”
Kitty Duterte
Claim dated 5 May 2025.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
Both official and unofficial statistics show that thousands of people, including teenagers and young children, were killed in the course of the Duterte administration's brutal drug war.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kitty Duterte made this claim around 5 May 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 8 May 2025, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/NCtMFbaG1NQ?t=306
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