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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…

Social media posts

“Central government is distributing 4.34 lakh mobile phones and tabs to students scoring 80 percent or more in the upcoming Class X and Class XII board examinations 2024”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: There are no reports about Central government distributing mobile phones and tablets to Class X and Class XII students. If the central government had indeed launched such a scheme for students, it would have been widely…

Kyle Rittenhouse, on X

“I am trying to comprehend why the government was quick to reveal my name after I defended myself, but they still haven’t released the names of the Kansas City shooters.”

PolitiFact rated this: State laws vary

PolitiFact says: Authorities haven’t identified the juvenile suspects in the Chiefs parade shooting in accordance with Missouri law. Kyle Rittenhouse was prosecuted as an adult under Wisconsin law, so his name was publicly released.