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VERA Files is published by veteran Filipino journalists taking a deeper look into current Philippine issues. Vera is Latin for “true.”

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New Year’s Day epic fail at NAIA
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A president who views disasters by peering only from his Gulfstream jet window, then poses for the obligatory selfie with man-servant Bong Go is an abject failure at 21st century disaster governance.
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#VERAfied : Meanwhile, @lenirobredo continued to be the biggest victim of disinformation that used negative messaging, totaling 82 fact checks.
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#FACTCHECKPH : In his nationwide address on April 6, President Duterte said he has been warning the public since “the start” to watch out for COVID-19 because it will “really hit us hard.” But this was not how he framed the threat two months prior. Watch this video.
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How much did the Marcoses exactly steal?
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Watch out for @IanEsguerra ’s commentaries in VERA Files very soon! #VERAFiles
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"Bongbong [Marcos]' victory is based on lies. So we expect him to lie during his presidency as well... We have to hold them accountable for what they say. It's going to be very difficult, but we can't give up," said Ellen Tordesillas of VERA Files.
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COMMENTARY:Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde said Imelda was too old to be arrested. The 79-year old Ricardo Castro of Tondo wasn’t as influential. Forgetting to pay a pack of chocolates at a grocery store while preoccupied over his son’s cancer, Castro was jailed.
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COMMENTARY: By identifying herself with a middle grounder like Isko, Samira has become disconnected, discombobulated, disjointed.
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COMMENTARY: Juan Ponce Enrile is one of the biggest liars ever to undignify the annals of Philippine history.
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Sinabi ni Harry Roque, dating tagapagsalita ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, na may “isang salita” si Duterte kaya hinahanap-hanap pa rin ng taumbayan ang kanyang pamumuno. May isang salita nga ba si Duterte? Panoorin ang video na ‘to:
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4 months
Lascañas reveals plots to kill De Lima and Fr. Lamata, the real reason Parojinog and members of his family were murdered and Duterte’s instruction to rape women drug suspects.
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International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has insisted that the “extremely serious” drug-related crimes committed during the Duterte administration were encouraged by the former president himself and other top state officials.
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Duterte told Marcos that he told Xi, “Please be kind to my country.” This is horrifying! Why would the Philippines seek kindness from China? We should demand respect and adherence to the rule of law, not kindness.
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ICYMI: COMMENTARY: Juan Ponce Enrile is one of the biggest liars ever to undignify the annals of Philippine history.
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11 months
HINDI P197K ang suweldo ng presidente. Basahin ang aming fact check dito:
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2 years
COMMENTARY: Ask Imee Marcos why has she not travelled to the U.S. since coming back from foreign exile 31 years ago. It is because in that country, she is a fugitive from the law.
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1 year
Moving to reopen one case and threatening to block her bail petition is far from being compassionate to a former senator and former chairman of the CHR. That is prolonging an injustice when its end appears to be drawing near.
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Bakit nagbago ang hirit ni Vice President Sara Duterte ( @indaysara ) tungkol sa hinihinging P650-million confidential at intelligence funds sa 2024 national budget? Panoorin sa aming #VERAFilesFactSheet : 👇️
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Perhaps Duterte's defenders are well aware that it would be difficult to win the battle with the ICC legally, so they are trying to win over the public by engaging in disinformation and discrediting the ICC.
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10 months
Aside from former president Duterte, VP Sara Duterte-Carpio, and senators Bato de la Rosa and Bong Go were named in a document submitted to the ICC probing the killings related to the drug war during the previous administration and when Duterte was mayor of Davao City.…
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Arturo Lascañas, former police officer and one of the original members of the Davao Death Squad, talked to VERA Files columnist Antonio J. Montalvan II recently about former president Rodrigo Duterte’s involvement in illegal drugs. Read the story:
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VERA Files welcomes Christian Esguerra, one of the credible journalists in the country today.
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Ex-DDS hitman Arturo Lascañas links former president Rodrigo Duterte to the operations of three shabu laboratories owned by his businessmen-friends in Davao. Read our interview with Lascañas:
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2 years
As #VERAfied , VP @lenirobredo answered 14 of 18 questions correctly in the 2016 @DZMMTeleRadyo quiz, but the viral clip was edited deliberately to show only her wrong answers. Find out how the other former vice presidential aspirants fared in the quiz:
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COMMENTARY:Vice President Sara Duterte’s official statement: “Mr. Chair, your honor, Usec. Lopez will answer the question.”
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COMMENTARY: The next time someone again glorifies her, know that they miss out on the truth – Soledad Duterte was trapo as a traditional politician can be.
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6 years
President Duterte and daughter Sara omitted to fully disclose their joint deposits and investments at the Bank of Philippine Islands, which conservatively exceeded P100 million in some years, when they were mayor and vice mayor of Davao City.
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Ex-Davao policeman Arturo Lascañas, 63, vows to tell the truth till death about Duterte’s links to illegal drugs. Read our interview with Lascañas:
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Ngayong wala na sa poder si dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, may naisip siyang solusyon sa lumalalang hidwaan ng Pilipinas at China sa West Philippine Sea. Pakinggan dito sa #VERAFilesFactSheet ang mga pahayag ni Duterte:
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11 months
Ano ba ang bagong sinabi ni Duterte tungkol sa kanyang war on drugs? Basahin ang buong article dito:
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7 years
#FACTCHECKPH : Duterte sometimes says he's poor, other times he's rich. Watch the president flip-flop on his wealth.
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8 months
Because the administration's allies have the numbers — a supermajority, in fact — Duterte can spend the OVP budget however she wants to. That's their version of democracy.
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9 months
A Facebook video claimed that former Vice President Leni Robredo delivered her own State of the Nation Address (SONA) where she insulted President Bongbong Marcos. This is not true.
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7 months
COMMENTARY: Politically motivated or not, it was about time they sent a message to the Dutertes that their "bardagulan" days are over.
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8 months
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. Pakinggan ang kanyang kwento sa contribution ng Tsinoy community noong panahon ng Martial Law.
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5 months
The Marcos family did not go into exile empty-handed. In 1986, the U.S. Customs Services seized sets of jewelry, valued in 1991 at $436,420 to $559,630, that the Marcoses brought with them to Honolulu.
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The Philippines does not have the highest projected GDP growth among Asian countries. It ranks fourth in the IMF’s 30 emerging and developing economies in the region, with a projected GDP growth of 6%. Read the full fact check 👇️
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6 months
Pabago-bago ang tono ni Vice President Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio tungkol sa confidential funds. Panoorin dito sa #VERAFilesFactCheck :
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3 years
Together we can make that candidate winnable. But do not wait for that individual to emerge. Our primary objective now is to show our countrymen that Duterte and his anointed are unacceptable.
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10 months
Ano na ba ang decorum sa Senado? Panoorin:
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1 year
The untrue claim that the late president Ferdinand Marcos obtained “the highest score ever in the history of Philippine bar exams” was revived a day after the Supreme Court announced the 2022 Bar Examination passers. Read our #VERAFilesFactCheck here:
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Paolo "Polong" Duterte was the mastermind in the smuggling of shabu in the Port of Davao, and I was one of his conduits or front men ” - Arturo Lascañas Pakinggan ang interview ng VERA Files columnist Antonio Montalvan kay Arturo Lascañas:
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Kulang sa konteksto ang pahayag ni @attyharryroque , dating tagapagsalita ni Rodrigo Duterte, na hindi kailanman naghain ng reklamo o testimonya ang dating pangulo laban kay Leila de Lima. Panoorin sa aming #VERAFilesFactCheck :
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3 years
Concerned readers have reached out to us about a graphic that has been making the rounds in comment sections and private messages, which shows VERA Files fact-checking an alleged list of achievements by Vice President @lenirobredo . Be advised: The circulating image is FAKE.
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1 year
Kung hindi kriminal, bakit takot sa ICC?
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1 year
ICYMI: COMMENTARY: In Davos, President Marcos will speak about the Maharlika Investment Fund. Imagine a thief who once deposited his family’s loot in Swiss bank accounts and who now wants the world to know that he is suddenly a beggar for investors’ money.
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1 year
COMMENTARY: In a Senate hearing then senator De Lima asked confessed-DDS hitman Edgar Matobato who gave the order to have her assassinated. Matobato replied: “Mayor Duterte, Ma’am.”
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Recalling their six-year exile following the 1986 People Power Revolution, President @bongbongmarcos said his family had “nothing” when they arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii. This is false. Read our #VERAFilesFactCheck here:
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Lawyer Harry Roque said people still clamor for former president Rodrigo Duterte’s leadership because “he has one word” and sticks to it. This is false. Read our #VERAFilesFactCheck here:
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COMMENTARY: Today, what we have is not a Comelec but an extension of the office of Duterte and Bong Go. It is a Commission on Davao Elections.
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Pakinggan ang interview ng VERA Files columnist na si Antonio Montalvan kay Arturo Lascañas, dating pulis at self-confessed hitman ng Davao Death Squad.
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COMMENTARY: One anchor asked: “What do we use instead of DIKTADOR in the Tagalog newscasts?”
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COMMENTARY: Paolo Duterte is fuming mad at Martin Romualdez’s House stripping him of 2B pesos in pork barrel funds.
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1 year
What's wrong about President Bongbong Marcos hosting a Filipiniana-themed luncheon in Malacañang for executives of tobacco company Philip Morris? To learn more, read our story on vape regulation here: 6d
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A loyal aide-de-camp’s account of the Marcoses' last hours in Malacañang
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On his 69th birthday, on March 28, 2014, seven deposits totaling P193,705,615.88 was credited to the joint account of then Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte and his daughter Sara Z. Duterte in BPI, Julia...
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Duterte asked the senators that the amount for confidential funds be reallocated instead to the DepEd’s National Learning Recovery Program.
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Nakaukit na sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas ang mga litrato ng EDSA People Power Revolution na kuha ng batikang photojournalist na si Bullit Marquez. Balikan sa What The F?! Podcast ang kuwento ng apat na araw niyang coverage noong Pebrero 1986:
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Paolo 'Polong' Duterte was the mastermind in the smuggling of shabu in the Port of Davao, and I was one of his conduits or front men, self-confessed hitman Arturo Lascañas admitted. Revisit Lascañas's revelations about Paolo Duterte:
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The papers left behind when the Marcoses fled Malacañang in 1986 describe the extent of the family’s efforts to ensure that Bongbong was accommodated in one of the most prestigious business schools in the United States, the Wharton School
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Posibleng tumaas hanggang P6 ang kada kilo ng bigas sa susunod na mga linggo. Pero naaalala niyo ba ang pangako ni President Bongbong Marcos noon na gawing P20 ang presyo ng bigas sa merkado? Balikan sa #WhatTheF ?! Podcast ang aming episode: #bigas #BongbongMarcos #agriculture
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Migz Zubiri’s problem of image
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A pro-Marcos vlogger 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.
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Bukod sa 1987 Constitution, hindi bababa sa tatlong batas ang nag-uutos sa mga pampublikong opisyal at empleyado na magsumite ng kanilang SALN. Ito ay ang Republic Act No. 3019, RA 6713 at RA 7160. Basahin ang buong fact check sa Filipino:
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Acquitted na sa dalawang kaso. Higit anim na taon nakakulong. Ganun-ganon na lang ba 'yun? Parang wala lang? Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.
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Makabago o makag*gong Senado? Ano na ba ang decorum sa Senado? Panoorin: #VERAFilesFactCheck #FactCheckPH #SenatePH #Senado #decorum
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#SayWhat : A doctored image made the rounds on Facebook this weekend supposedly showing a caravan in Pampanga by supporters of @bongbongmarcos . It's FAKE.
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Mali ang pahayag ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na hindi siya naging bastos at wala siyang naalalang opisyal ng gobyerno na napuna niya ng “malala” sa kanyang programang “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa” sa telebisyon. Panoorin sa aming #VERAFilesFactCheck :
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ICYMI: Did you know that Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa believes that local government officials can use confidential funds the way they want to? This is incorrect. Get the truth in our fact check: #FactCheck #ConfidentialFunds
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Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has claimed that local government units (LGUs) “have the discretion” in using confidential funds. This is wrong. Read our #VERAFilesFactCheck here:
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#VERAfied : Former broadcaster Jay Sonza uploaded a manipulated photo that allegedly shows the current state of the Manila Bay beach project. It's fake. The image has already been disproven several times by fact-checkers.
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#FACTCHECKPH : Mocha Uson, the controversial dancer-turned-blogger-turned-public official who resigned as presidential communications assistant secretary Oct. 3, has a long history of disregard for the facts. Let's revisit the trail.
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After Bongbong Marcos was elected president in #halalan2022 , inconsistencies in the statements of top government officials have prevailed and continue to confuse the public.
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Hindi totoo ang sinabi ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla na walang bansa sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) na miyembro ng International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Former President Rodrigo Duterte is the first Philippine leader to be investigated by the International Criminal Court. This site “ICC PROBE- Duterte’s Drug War” contains articles, documents and updates on the case.
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THREAD: This year, the #VERAfied team debunked 120 viral online posts related to the upcoming 2022 national elections. Of this number, 52 were favorable to presidential aspirant @bongbongmarcos — making him the top beneficiary of election-related disinformation in 2021.
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Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri falsely claimed on Nov. 7 that confidential funds can be used to repair roofs of classrooms destroyed by typhoons.
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Retired SC justice Antonio Carpio said former senator @bongbongmarcos ' possible disqualification in the #2022elections on the grounds of moral turpitude would be based on his "overall conduct," including his claim on his father’s ill-gotten wealth.
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UPDATE: On May 1, President Duterte signed an executive order prohibiting “illegal contracting or subcontracting.” Malacanang, however, did not respond when asked by VERA Files through SMS why there is a need for an EO to prohibit what is already illegal.
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Isa si Christine Pascual sa mga nanay na nagreklamo laban kay dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa ICC matapos mapatay ang kanyang anak dahil sa madugong war on drugs. Pakinggan sa Episode 3, Season 2 ng What the F?! Podcast 👇️
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May kredibilidad pa ba si Remulla bilang Justice secretary?
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A YouTube channel is touting a conspiracy theory that the late Pres. Noynoy Aquino faked his death in an attempt to boost the candidacy of former VP Leni Robredo in the 2022 elections.
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ICYMI: President @bongbongmarcos remained the top beneficiary of disinformation that used positive messaging, sustaining the position from 2021. In the years prior, he was second only to former president @RRD_Davao . #VFYearender2022
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Mula sa “Love the Philippines” ng Department of Tourism, P3-milyong logo ng PAGCOR, hanggang sa “Bagong Pilipinas” slogan, inulan ng batikos at tanong mula sa publiko ang pagbabagong-anyo: Una, sa kalidad ng mga proyektong ito. Pangalawa, ang pagbibigay prayoridad sa mga ito…
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By blocking the ICC probe through their legislative influence, aren't they putting the judicial system and Duterte's innocence in serious doubt? Therefore, the ICC probe becomes necessary.
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If we are that poor, how come the government can still afford to fund the president's overseas trips — 13 so far since July 2022 — with unnecessarily large delegations?
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#SayWhat : Columnist Alex Magno wrongly claimed that then-senator Noynoy Aquino did not participate in a debate when he ran for the presidency in 2010. #PHLVote2022 Sources are listed in the next tweets.
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Judge Soriano showed the power of one righteous act. Just imagine what it can achieve if multiplied by ten, twenty, one hundred, thousands and more. Wouldn’t it be amazing?
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#FACTCHECKPH : An online video endorsing senatorial candidate Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go makes a sweeping claim about hunger and poverty that is not supported by data.
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Former senator Leila De Lima acknowledges her supporters outside the courtroom on Friday, May 12, saying that her acquittal in one of the two remaining drug cases filed six years ago was an answered prayer.
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Filipinos were the intelligent, critical thinkers of the Asean community more than half a century ago. Lamentably, these days they're only known as the loudest K-pop fans and pop concert goers in the world.
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Political doublespeak: omission, diversion and confusion, characterized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s first full year in office. VERA Files fact checked 116 statements of public figures from Jan. 16 to Dec. 2, 2023, of which 21 came from Marcos. More than half of his claims…
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Former president Rodrigo Duterte is the "lord of all drug lords in southern Philippines," former Davao Death Squad member Arturo Lascanas said. Revisit Lascañas's revelations about the Duterte family and their ties to extrajudicial killings and drug operations in Davao:
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has dismissed the government’s pursuit to recover his family’s ill-gotten wealth as “propaganda” and “have been shown to be untrue.” This is false.
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