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Vera Files

VERA Files is a non-profit news organisation in the Philippines that runs a fact-checking service.

Apollo Quiboloy

“Pastor Apollo Quiboloy claims to have received reliable information that the US government and the Marcos administration have connived to eliminate him by rendition and that a $2-million bounty is on his head.”

Vera Files rated this: No basis

Vera Files says: The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police have denied Quiboloy’s claims about a $2-million bounty on his head and alleged plans for his rendition or assassination.

Sara Duterte

“Vice President Sara Duterte retracted a statement posted on her Facebook page expressing support and calling for the commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the 1986 people power revolution. Her staff said the statement was mistakenly posted without her approval.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs Context

Vera Files says: The Office of the Vice President deleted a Feb. 25 statement which would have been Duterte's first on the EDSA anniversary and would have been a significant shift from her 2017 statement questioning why the 1986 uprisin…