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Robert Ace Barbers

3 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2023 to 2024. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by Vera Files19 Nov 2024PhilippinesFilipino
Robert Ace Barbers

“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.”

Vera Files rated this: Hindi totoo

Vera Files says: 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 …

Checked by Vera Files12 Nov 2024PhilippinesCrime and security
Robert Ace Barbers

“Citing a VERA Files article, Rep. Robert Ace Barbers claims only 73 persons were killed in anti-drug police operations from July 2022 to the end of 2023.”

Vera Files rated this: Inaccurate

Vera Files says: The VERA Files article, written by researchers from UP's Third World Studies Center, noted 342 drug-related deaths in the first year of the Marcos administration alone. The number has grown to 506 deaths by the end of 2…