Matters of Fact - May 4, 2021

In today's episode, Christian Esguerra talks about the statement, the strongest to date even by his own standards, coming from Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. toward China. He told Beijing to "get the f out" of the West Philippine Sea. But a few hours after that, President Rodrigo Duterte seemed to have walked back on that strong statement coming from his own foreign secretary and told the public that we shouldn't be rude to China, our friend and neighbor. What are the implications of those two contrasting statements?

He also delves more into the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin as more health experts cautions against its use.