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.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO ‘new COVID-19 wave’ in Metro Manila
A text message about an alleged new wave of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila is circulating on Facebook and private messaging. This is not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Senate hopeful Afuang makes unproven claim that ‘COVID-19 is man-made’
Former Pagsanjan mayor Abner Afuang marked the filing of his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator on Oct. 1 with an unproven claim ー that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is man-made.
Dismay over handling of Covid-19 drops govt approval rating but not Duterte’s – Pulse Asia head
Public dismay over the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has lowered the approval rating of the administration but not so much of President Rodrigo Duterte himself, the head of a public opinion polling body said Friday.