“Vice President Sara Duterte says the Department of Education "will no longer pursue the confidential funds" because "this issue is divisive.”
What Vera Files found
While reiterating her decision to “no longer pursue” the request for confidential funds, Duterte asked the senators that the amount be reallocated instead to the DepEd’s National Learning Recovery Program.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Sara Duterte made this claim around 9 November 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 15 November 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Sara Duterte has 21 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 4 of them false or fake, 16 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/100089145255502/posts/pfbid0ch1CvVRoaDKSvvqCZVVDCdEBqKcMkgAwLntU…
Links recorded by Vera Files. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.