People who have called out President Rodrigo Duterte for some of the decisions that he has made may be familiar with this argument from his supporters – ‘Why don’t you be president, if you think you can do better?” [ads2] In fact, one of Duterte’s supporters whom we found using the argument was Kat De […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte said on June 11 that he did not ask Washington for support to put an end to Marawi siege after the US Embassy revealed that that they provided technical support “at the request of the government of the Philippines.” [ads2] On June 9, US embassy spokesperson Molly Koscina confirmed that the US […] More
[ads2] On April 6, President Rodrigo Duterte said that he wanted to change the name of “Benham Rise.” He initially came up with “Philippine Ridge.” [ads1] On April 8, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the Philippine government was studying the possibility of calling Benham Rise “Philippine Rise” to boost the country’s sovereign rights over […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte approved the Department of Finance’s suggestion to reject aid from the European Union that are given with conditions that may meddle with the Philippines’ internal affairs, clarified Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella. [ads2] President Duterte has lashed out at the EU a number of times for its criticism of the Philippine government’s war […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte has pulled another surprise move by not even cluing in the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on his decision to reject the European Union’s developmental aid. [ads2] NEDA chief Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia revealed on May 18 that Duterte indeed did not consult the […] More
A Facebook user has called out everyone busily engaging in name-calling as it only serves to create further division and hate among Filipinos. [ads2] Gideon Lasco said making generalizations does not accomplish anything at all. “Calling 16 million voters stupid; 4 million drug users as ‘subhuman’, immigrants as ‘rapists’, gays as ‘worse than animals’; single […] More
Fake news writers are at it again, trying to paint an extra close relationship between President Rodrigo Duterte and Russian President Vladimir Putin. This certain story claimed that Putin allegedly called Duterte an unshakeable “institution.” [ads2] Published on gma-tv.com, which we already found to be a fake news site, allegedly said the following statements about […] More
Lawyer Jude Sabio filed a criminal case against President Rodrigo Duterte and 11 other government officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague. [ads2] He called Duterte a “mass murderer” and asked ICC to prosecute the Philippine president over his alleged involvement with the Davao Death Squad (DDS). Sabio is the legal counsel […] More
A Facebook page that seems to be supporting President Rodrigo Duterte carelessly shared a death hoax that President Rodrigo Duterte’s former wife is dead. [ads2] “Run Duterte Run Movement for 2016 Presidency” page shared an article from read-news.com claiming that Duterte’s ex-wife, Elizabeth Zimmerman, has died. According to the article, Zimmerman died in a hospital […] More
There have been a few fake articles floating online about the supposed relationship between US President Donald Trump and President Rodrigo Duterte. Stories about Trump calling Duterte first among all the world leaders after he won the US election, Trump calling himself, Duterte and Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the best three” horses, and more […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte declined the University of the Philippines’ offer of an honorary degree by saying that he does not accept awards as his “personal and official policy,” although he has accepted awards before. [ads2] “Hindi ko naman nire-reject. To use the word reject is not good. I simply decline,” Duterte said. “I do not […] More
Vera Files fact-checked President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement about how 80% of the oil supply in the Philippines comes from Saudi Arabia. However, they found out that the President got his figures wrong. [ads2] During his official trip to the Middle East, the President visited Saudi Arabia and thanked the country for its contributions to the […] More