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MISLEADING: 'Midterm legislative achievements' of Aquino, Duterte
Claim: Two versions of a meme or graphic compared the "midterm legislative achievements" (laws signed in the first 3 years) of presidents Benigno Aquino III and Rodrigo Duterte.One version has a...
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Where do ashes for Ash Wednesday come from?
MANILA, Philippines – The penitential season of Lent begins on Wednesday, March 6, as Catholics have their foreheads marked with ashes to symbolize repentance from sin. Have you ever wondered where...
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Rappler Talk: Risk consultant Daniel Wagner on China's vision for the world
Bookmark this page to watch and join the discussion live on Thursday, March 7, at 8 pmMANILA, Philippines – China has had its share of allies and enemies in its rise to becoming a global power.In the...
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MISLEADING: Without President Duterte, no Filipino-made train
CLAIM: Filipino engineers were able to build a train only when Rodrigo Duterte became president.Facebook page Dodong Takyo posted this claim on January 25, 2019, with a caption that reads: "Kung hindi...
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FAST FACTS: Who is new Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Lazaro Javier?
MANILA, Philippines – Court of Appeals (CA) justice Amy Lazaro Javier is the new Supreme Court Associate Justice. She is the 7th appointment of President Rodrigo Duterte to the High Court. She takes...
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Scenarios: 2022 presidential race looms over tight 2019 Senate race
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate has faced criticism in the past 3 years for being a “puppet” of President Rodrigo Duterte, capable only of token opposition to controversial policies in Malacañang. In...
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When Sara’s politics departs from her father’s: Boon or bane?
MANILA, Philippines – Presidential daughter Sara Duterte devoted the last week of February and first week of March to parading her 13 senatorial candidates around the nation’s capital of Metro Manila...
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MISLEADING: Without President Duterte, no Filipino-made train
CLAIM: Filipino engineers were able to build a train only when Rodrigo Duterte became president.Facebook page Dodong Takyo posted this claim on January 25, 2019, with a caption that reads: "Kung hindi...
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MISLEADING: P185 total cost of processing land titles in DENR
Claim: A Facebook post claiming a land title can be processed for a “package fee” of P185 has been circulating again. A certain Mel Tibayan posted in July 2018 that those who wish to secure a land...
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Lonely Hearts Club scam
MANILA, Philippines– Joanna* can no longer recall his name but she still remembers waiting for him at the airport and the sinking feeling of realizing that he was not coming.“I felt so stupid. I should...
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'Na-Duterte kami:' Why farmers feel betrayed by coco levy vetoes
AT A GLANCEDuring the 2016 campaign, President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to return the coco levy funds to farmers in his first 100 days in office. But halfway into his term, he gave mixed signals and...
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MISLEADING: Sara Duterte claims law doesn't require that senators be honest
CLAIM: Presidential daughter Sara Duterte claimed on Saturday, March 9, that the law does not require senators to be honest. She appeared to be referring to the 1987 Constitution, which lists down...
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FALSE: Villegas says not voting Otso Diretso 'betrays' God
CLAIM: A Facebook post which has gone viral on Facebook quotes Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas as supposedly urging the public to vote for the opposition slate in the 2019 senatorial...
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Can the budget be adjusted post-bicam? What Supreme Court says
MANILA, Philippines – It’s now almost the middle of March yet we still don’t have a national budget for 2019 as a new tug-of-war ensues between the Senate and the House of Representatives over...
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Duterte throws out decade-long fight for the International Criminal Court
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) takes effect on Sunday, March 17, 2019, throwing out a long struggle that took 11 years. The pullout comes...
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Roxas shares same anecdote on vendors' plight in Bacolod sorties
In his campaign sorties in Bacolod City this week, Otso Diretso senatorial candidate Mar Roxas shared similar stories on the plight of vendors he met during his market tours to explain why he wants to...
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Duterte vs the Church: Do the times call for a Catholic vote?
MANILA, Philippines – "I believe…therefore I reject!"This powerful line opens the video of a leading Filipino bishop, Socrates Villegas, hitting President Rodrigo Duterte months before the midterm...
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Otso Diretso turns to volunteers to boost struggling campaign
MANILA, Philippines – As campaign sorties go, Otso Diretso’s recent dialogue with residents of Barangay Addition Hills in Mandaluyong on Tuesday, March 12, was as small as they could get.There was no...
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Bong Go cash assistance to fire victims may count as vote-buying – Comelec
Top photo from Bong Go campaign teamAT A GLANCEIn at least two visits to fire survivors, senatorial candidate Bong Go gives away cashOfficials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and...
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