Institutions

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claims that Marcos cases and ill-gotten wealth are fiction are FALSE

A video by pro-Marcos vlogger Dante Maravillas claimed that cases against the Marcoses were all fictional, and there is no such thing as “ill-gotten wealth.” Court rulings on several cases against the family here and abroad disprove this claim. “Lahat ng mga

August 2, 2023

Institutions

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bakit may P41 price cap kung ‘malapit na’ ang P20 kada kilo ng bigas?

Noong Aug. 31, nagtalaga ng P41 price cap kada kilo ng regular-milled rice si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., na secretary din ng Department of Agriculture (DA). Kontra ito sa mga nauna niyang pahayag na malapit nang maabot ang pangako niyang P20 kada

September 21, 2023

Institutions

‘Walang pagkakaiba ‘yung pagiging Tsinoy ko sa pagiging Pinoy n’yo’

Sa kasaysayan, madalas ay tahimik na tagapagsalita ng Chinese-Filipino community sa pagsubok na kinasasadlakan ng Pilipinas. Pero para sa Tsinoy activist na si Teresita Ang See, hindi dapat maging hadlang ang lahi, lenggwahe at kulturang kinalakihan para makialam sa estado ng bansa.

September 20, 2023

Institutions

Finally, the PPO has a star conductor; next concert at Pasig Cathedral Sept. 22

Maestro Grzegorz Nowak in action. Photo by Orly Daquipil In one’s past concert-going days at the CCP, audiences always rooted for the soloist in many an orchestral season. Which made one think Filipinos are not keen on symphonies and would rather

September 20, 2023

Institutions

Marcos Jr Carries on Neoliberal Arc Started by His Dictator Father

After Marcos, cronyism was craftly used to justify even greater liberalization, privatization and deregulation during the administrations that followed. Today, Marcos Jr carries on this neoliberal arc started and backed by his father’s regime. Source link

September 20, 2023

Institutions

[Leaders Dialogue 5] Unity and Solidarity: Strengthening Multilateral System for Enhanced Support, Cooperation, Follow up and Review

Statement by Ajay Kumar Jha of CECOEDECON/Asia Pacific regional CSOs Engagement (APRCEM) Ajay Jha (iisd.org) Excellencies and Colleagues I also represent Asia Pacific Regional CSOs Engagement Mechanism, a platform of more than 500 CSOs, where we describe the current state of the

September 20, 2023

Institutions

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mga FB page, nagbebenta ng PEKENG gatas na ‘panlinis ng baga’

(Editor’s Note: Unang inilathala ang fact-check na ito sa Ingles noong Sept. 8.) Isang mambabasa ng VERA Files ang nagpa-fact-check ng isang produktong gatas na naglilinis at nag-de-detoxify raw ng baga. Kasinungalingan ito. Ayon sa post noong Aug. 9 ng Facebook (FB)

September 19, 2023

Institutions

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos tungkol sa pamumuno ni Marcos ng ASEAN, NILILIGAW ang manonood

(Editor’s Note: Unang inilathala ang fact-check na ito sa Ingles noong Sept. 11.) Matapos sabihin ng Pilipinas na handa itong i-host ang 2026 Summit ng ASEAN o Association of Southeast Asian Nations, tatlong videos sa YouTube ang nagsabing si Pangulong Bongbong Marcos

September 19, 2023

Institutions

Nobody special – VERA Files

Vice President Sara Duterte has been the butt of jokes, particularly in social media, over her reticence to open up as a public official about her millions of pesos of confidential funds and her extraordinary number of security guards. She has earned

September 19, 2023

Institutions

Not subject to audit is the new norm

The proliferation of confidential funds has reached a fragile state that has rendered it to a point of illegitimacy, despite the joint memorandum circular allowing it. It may be allowed, but it is severely critiqued by the general public. It has become

September 18, 2023

Institutions

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos, Duterte order to close UP Diliman

A week before the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman opened classes, two YouTube videos falsely claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte had shut down the university. This is not true. Uploaded on Aug. 23, the video’s

September 16, 2023