Checked elsewhere / Vera Files

“Sa pagbanggit sa isang artikulo ng VERA Files, sinabi ni Rep. Robert Ace Barbers na 73 katao lamang ang napatay sa mga anti-drug na operasyon ng pulisya mula Hulyo 2022 hanggang katapusan ng 2023.”
Robert Ace Barbers Claim dated 7 Nov 2024.
Vera Files rated thisHindi totoo

What Vera Files found

Ang artikulo ng VERA Files, na isinulat ng mga mananaliksik mula sa Third World Studies Center ng UP, ay nagtala ng 342 na pagkamatay na may kaugnayan sa droga sa unang taon lamang ng administrasyong Marcos. Ang bilang ay umabot nang 506 na pagkamatay sa pagtatapos ng 2023. Ang 73 pagkamatay ay tumutukoy sa ulat ni PNP chief Benjamin Acorda noong unang 100 araw niya sa panunungkulan, mula Abril 24 hanggang Agosto 1, 2023

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In short

Robert Ace Barbers made this claim around 7 November 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 19 November 2024, 12 days later. Its rating was “Hindi totoo”.

Robert Ace Barbers has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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