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Quezon City courts go digital; more transparent system seen

Quezon City courts go digital; more transparent system seen

By MIKHA FLORES THE Supreme Court launched on Friday an electronic filing system that will digitize judicial processes in trial courts in..

June 14, 2013
JV top spender for TV, Loren for radio ads

JV top spender for TV, Loren for radio ads

By MIKHA FLORES JOSEPH Victor Ejercito Estrada of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) has logged the most number of television airtime..

April 4, 2013

Comelec lists 75 poster violations in one month

By MIKHA FLORES THE Commission on Elections has listed 75 poster violations one month after the campaign period for candidates for senator..

March 12, 2013
SC stops Comelec from taking down Team Buhay/Patay tarpaulin

SC stops Comelec from taking down Team Buhay/Patay tarpaulin

By MIKHA FLORES THE oversized tarpaulin bearing the names of senatorial and party-list candidates who were for and against the..

March 5, 2013
Comelec exec who blocked Brillantes’ confirmation vies for commissioner

Comelec exec who blocked Brillantes’ confirmation vies for commissioner

By MIKHA FLORES A Commission on Elections official who once blocked the confirmation of Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. is now vying for..

March 5, 2013
Time running out for reforms in pol parties

Time running out for reforms in pol parties

By JONATHAN DE SANTOS POLITICAL turncoatism, and possibly even the sharing of candidates among political parties, could be a thing of the..

March 1, 2013
Saving lives in the valley of death

Saving lives in the valley of death

By KARLOS MANLUPIG DAVAO CITY—The frail looking Italian priest wears an indigenous bandana called tubaw and is known for speaking..

October 27, 2012

Pinoys party at Tattoo Expo

Text, photos and video by VINCENT GO WHAT started out as a gathering of a few tattoo artists at a small garage in Malate district in..

October 1, 2012

Activists demand disclosure of river pollutants

By VINCENT GO Activists and community leaders on Thursday demanded that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources install a..

September 15, 2012

Scenes from a Water Festival

By VERA Files It’s the feast of St John the Baptist, and in his honor, Filipinos brought out their water canons, guns and hoses. In..

June 24, 2012
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Founded in March 2008, 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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