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US Military Presence in the Asia Pacific

The United States continues to be the world’s top military spender. It spent USD 877 billion in 2022, surpassing the military expenditures of the succeeding ten countries combined (SIPRI, 2022). The billions of dollars are spent on producing war materiel, investing in

July 26, 2023

Institutions

ICC denies PH request to suspend drug war investigation

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has thrown out the government’s request to suspend its investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs, removing one hurdle for the resumption of the probe. “In the absence of persuasive reasons

March 28, 2023

Institutions

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Mga fraternity at ang labag sa batas na hazing

Ang mga balita kamakailan tungkol sa pagkamatay ng dalawang estudyante sa kolehiyo sa initiation rites ay umani ng mga tanong kung bakit ipinagpapatuloy ng mga fraternity ang pagsasagawa ng hazing at kung paano maaaring magkaroon ng mas matalas na ngipin ang batas

March 27, 2023

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Allowing Earth to breathe for 60 minutes

Metro Manila residents who care for the world we live in gather in the evening of March 25 at the Quezon Memorial Circle for the symbolic 60-minute switching off of lights as their contribution to save Mother Earth from man-made degradation. The

March 27, 2023

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Business groups’ turnabout should stop the Cha-cha flutter

With at least six big business groups backpedaling on their support for amending the “restrictive” provisions of the 1987 Constitution, Charter change advocates in Congress should now lay the issue to rest. Business leaders representing the Makati Business Club (MBC), Financial Executives

March 27, 2023

Institutions

The crime (and punishment) of Imelda Marcos

Maler, Trinidad, Rayby, Palmy, Vibur, Aguamina, Avertina, Azio, Verzo, Wintrop-Charis, Scolari – the Swiss bank accounts holder Jane Ryan had a knack for inventing swanky names to hide her identity. Those were the names of foundations that acted as fronts to receive

March 26, 2023

Institutions

Project Hulmahan: Shoe molds that now last and last

Text and photos by Elizabeth Lolarga The molds or shoe lasts, hulmahan in Filipino, from the Marikina shoemakers were headed for their last journey as firewood or panggatong. But largely through the initiative of civic-spirited Zena Bernardo, the shoe lasts reincarnated into

March 26, 2023

Institutions·Media·Militarization

Int’l groups decry media blackout, bombings in Philippines and India

A group of international organizations working with rural communities decried the “de-facto media blackout” on the indiscriminate rural bombings happening in the Philippines and India. The CSOs also requested that the United Nations conduct an independent investigation into these “cover-up atrocities” and

March 25, 2023

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Claim that unhealthy lifestyle a risk for heat stroke NEEDS CONTEXT

A person with an unhealthy lifestyle is more likely to suffer from heat stroke, an alternative medicine practitioner claimed in a Facebook (FB) Reel. This needs context as there are other factors that increase the risk of body overheating. “Unhealthy lifestyle po.

March 24, 2023

Institutions

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pamphlet in NICA orientation bears wrong definition of red-tagging

In early March, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) in CALABARZON hosted an orientation for government employees to discourage them from joining groups like Kilusang Mayo Uno and Alliance of Concerned Teachers. After the event, the attendees were given a pamphlet which

March 24, 2023