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Speaker Cayetano slams Sen. Hontiveros over 'deceitful, dishonest' stand on special powers for Duterte vs COVID- 19 epidemic . | @edupunay

@edupunay Cayetano: Hontiveros posted (on her Twitter) 'no to emergency powers' but at the same time 'yes to testing, yes to food, yes to medical supplies, yes to PPE' | @edupunay

@edupunay Cayetano: That comparison is very deceitful or dishonest because it is precisely the authority under this law that will give you the mechanisms and the resources needed to solve those problems. | @edupunay

@edupunay Speaker Cayetano denies news reports quoting him as saying that shortage of PPEs in the country is fake news. | @edupunay

@edupunay Cayetano says his statement from speech during special session ok #COVID19PH was misquoted in reports of 3 online media outfits. | @edupunay

@edupunay Cayetano recalls saying there was fake news about PPE shortage in one place, which deprived other places of supply for PPEs; but did not say that PPE shortage in the country is fake news because it's factual. | @edupunay

@edupunay Cayetano's exact quote from the speech was: "Alam niyo po, ‘yung mga nagkakalat ng fake news na nagsasabing kulang ng PPEs or personal protective equipment sa isang lugar, kawawa ‘yung totoong kulang. Hindi na tuloy malaman nung iba kung saan magbibigay." | @edupunay

@edupunay Cayetano also calls out a report saying he was criticizing the Senate on the #COVID19PH bill, saying he did not say so and had to clarify with SP Sotto; but did not name which media reported it. | @edupunay

@edupunay UPDATE: Rappler has issued an erratum, apologized to Cayetano and its readers and taken down the article. | @edupunay