The United Nations has allegedly changes its tune to defend President Rodrigo Duterte, according to some articles circulating on Facebook. [ads2] The story has been shared by some Duterte support pages on the social media site, including “Duterte Phenomenon,” “Pres. Rody Duterte News Global,” “Duterte Balita,” “Duterte Administration,” “Duterte Para sa Pagbabago,” “Filipino News Info,” […] More
Last month, an article started circulating on Facebook claiming that an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda remarked that there was no concrete evidence that could lead to President Rodrigo Duterte’s prosecution before the ICC. [ads2] [33_33_33_first] [/33_33_33_first][33_33_33_second] [/33_33_33_second][33_33_33_third] [/33_33_33_third] The story was shared hundreds of times, with many netizens readily believing in it. […] More
A website claimed that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for maintaining Russia-PH relations and told him that Filipinos are welcome to Russia. [ads2] The source, cnnnews-channel.com, included a direct quote from Lavrov: “Russia’s doors are open for your citizens.” Lavrov reportedly said this after Duterte toured the Russian-guided missile cruiser Varyag […] More
US President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter allegedly cautioned Filipinos not to allow President Rodrigo Duterte not to pay attention to ‘non-performers’ who are trying to intimidate him. [ads2] Ivanka Trump reportedly urged Filipinos to ignore people who cannot even offer alternative solutions to the Philippines’ problems. She reportedly added that it is normal for government […] More
Controversial Fil-Am civic leader Loida Nicolas Lewis allegedly said that she is sorry for being mistaken about President Rodrigo Duterte. At least this is what a few blogs claimed. [ads2] [50_50_first] [/50_50_first][50_50_second] [/50_50_second] However, we have plenty of reasons to suspect the veracity of the story seeing as how it came from the fake news […] More
The University of the Philippines is eyeing a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, degree to President Rodrigo Duterte, which led UP students and alumni to protest, citing Duterte’s campaign against drugs. [ads2] Chairperson Patricia Licuanan Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) said that the UP Board of Regents has offered the President the honorary doctor of […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is willing to send Filipino soldiers to help out Arab states in the event violence starts in the region. [ads2] “I said that if you need us, you just call and if you want even, if things break lose, I hope it will not. I pray to God that […] More
When President Rodrigo Duterte and his delegation left for their Middle East trip, among the attention-grabbers were entertainer and MTRCB board member Mocha Uson and Sandra Cam, who does not even hold a government position. [ads2] Facebook page “Pinoy Ako Blog” slammed Uson’s earlier excuse about Cam’s presence among Duterte’s delegates even when the President […] More
Facebook page Superficial Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (SGRP) scored President Rodrigo Duterte for saying that he would sell Philippine territory to China once “the spectacle of a war is gone.” The page, which was created to spoof the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, said that there is no provision […] More
Vera Files fact checked President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim about receiving a salary of P130,000 per month and it turned out that he is receiving much more than that. On January 25, Duterte first mentioned that he is only earning P130,000 per month. [ads2] “Ako nga 130,000 lang ako. Duha ka pamilya [laughter]. Totoo. Gibuhi na ko… Eh […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte once again came to the defense of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez over the latter’s issue of extramarital affairs, saying that this should not be an issue because the Speaker is not a Catholic. [ads2] Speaking during the inauguration of the Metro Manila Crisis Monitoring and Management Center on April 4, Duterte said […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte slammed the European Union for urging the Philippines to rethink the restoration of the death penalty in the country. During his speech in Myanmar on March 19, he hit the EU for “imposing” their culture and “picking” on ASEAN countries, before saying that they are acting as though some EU countries are […] More