VERA Files

It is that time of the year again, the period around the Edsa People Power anniversary, that the recurring line gets regurgitated. The worn-out line goes that Rodrigo Duterte’s family should be ashamed that their matriarch Soledad Duterte was an anti-Marcos crusader.

A YouTube video claims that the Philippine Navy received two of the British Royal Navy’s warships in a handover ceremony. This is not true.  Uploaded on Feb. 10, the eight-minute and seven-second bore the headline:  “A New Horizon: Pagkuha ng Philippine Navy

A radio host accused former Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan of taking credit from the current administration for providing free Wi-Fi in public areas. This is false. The former lawmaker is, in fact, the principal author of the law making free Wi-Fi in public

West Philippine Sea, Atin Ito, 2023. Photo by RC Ladrido Photos by R.C. Ladrido and from Elmer Borlongan’s Instagram When you see those baldheaded figures, with their big round eyes, elongated and distorted limbs in muted earth colors— almost instinctively, you know

After repeatedly calling for Mindanao secession in the past month, former president Rodrigo Duterte now says he would not pursue the plan. He said it was just a “joke” and tactic to “scare” and draw attention to the plight of the southern

More than a month after saying that the 1987 Constitution is “in perfect condition” and sees no reason to have it amended, former president Rodrigo Duterte now says he supports current efforts to amend it for as long as the changes would

After skipping congressional inquiries into allegations of sex trafficking and franchise violations of Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), Apollo Quiboloy said he has gone into hiding because his life is in danger.   He claimed that the Philippine and United States (U.S.) governments

Vice President Sara Duterte retracted a statement supporting and calling for the commemoration of the EDSA People Power revolution which her office said was mistakenly posted on Duterte’s official Facebook page. This needs context. STATEMENT In a Facebook post on Feb. 27,

A website alternately imitating online news sites Rappler and the now-defunct CNN Philippines have published a report allegedly showing a “deleted interview” of Nobel laureate Maria Ressa supposedly promoting a cryptocurrency platform. This is fake. Neither news outlet published such a report.

Several Facebook (FB) pages have shared job posts supposedly for the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) emergency employment program dubbed Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD). These are fake. DOLE’s regional offices have disowned the circulating posts in their advisories.