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Fact-checking the second presidential debate

Philstar.com

March 21, 2016 | 8:20pm

The second leg of the presidential debates, held in Cebu, was filled with flowery promises and fiery rhetoric.

We looked into some of the statements that four presidential candidates made on Sunday evening to see which had basis and which were mostly bluster.

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