“President Rodrigo Duterte renews his 2016 campaign promise to create a working environment where security of tenure, among others, "are not only upheld, but also cherished”
What Vera Files found
President Duterte had a chance in July 2019 to enact a Congress-approved bill penalizing contractualization, but he chose to veto it, saying the proposed law "unduly broadens the scope and definition of labor-only contracting.
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In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 1 May 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 13 May 2021, 12 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- pcoo.gov.phhttps://pcoo.gov.ph/presidential-speech/president-rodrigo-roa-dutertes-labor-day-message/
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