FACT CHECK: VP Duterte’s claim on Davao City’s COVID-19 funds needs context
It was not only Davao City that did not have a budget allocation for COVID-19 response when the WHO declared the outbreak as a global pandemic.
Claims by Public Figures
FACT CHECK: VP Duterte’s claim that Quiboloy hunt is about religious freedom misleads
The PNP was enforcing court orders for the arrest of Quiboloy in relation to cases of human trafficking, child abuse and sexual assault. The Senate also has a standing contempt, arrest and detention order for the KOJC leader.
FACT CHECK: Salceda wrongly claims PAGASA ‘sleeping on the job’
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda falsely claimed that PAGASA was "sleeping on the job" for issuing late advisories about typhoon Enteng.
FACT CHECK: Sara Duterte’s claim on lawmaker’s ‘conviction’ of child abuse needs context
While Duterte did not name names, she was looking at France Castro when she mentioned “somebody convicted of child abuse” during the hearing.
FACT CHECK: The Marcos administration’s evolving stance on allowing ICC investigators
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said on July 29 that the Philippine government will "not get in the way" of the ICC's interview of the five former and current high-ranking police officials tagged as suspects in the Duterte administration's drug war.