PHILIPPINES: Listening to the Deaf in the Climate Crisis
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By Mikael Angelo S Francisco* - Reporting ASEAN
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Oct 22, 2024
In a country at high risk of disasters, public messaging about natural hazards and the climate conversation do not quite reach the Deaf community. Efforts are underway to use Filipino Sign Language better, to connect with them.
P187-B Visayas mega-bridge threatens endangered Irrawaddy dolphins
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By Rhenzel Raymond Caling, Rhoanne De Guzman and Valerie Joyce Nuval
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Oct 14, 2024
The construction of the Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge may begin next year. But beneath its towering promises of economic progress for the Western Visayas, are fears of its drastic impact on the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins.
‘Polvoron’ video crumbles, AI experts find traces of facial manipulation
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By Celine Isabelle Samson and Bryan Daniele Manalang
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Sep 16, 2024
Last July, a low-quality video supposedly showing President Bongbong Marcos snorting a white powdery substance went viral online. VERA Files took a deeper look into it.
FACT SHEET: Paano sinusukat ang kahirapan sa Pilipinas?
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By VERA Files
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Sep 12, 2024
Paano ba sinusukat ang kahirapan sa Pilipinas? Alamin sa VERA Files Fact Sheet na ito:
How to encourage millennials and Gen Z to build an appetite for news
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By Celine Isabelle Samson *
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Sep 3, 2024
Getting people to consume news these days is like trying to get them to eat broccoli: one needs to accompany it with cheese, or something a little more appetizing to make it palatable.
FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT laugh at executed Filipino in Saudi
A video misleadingly claimed that Marcos laughed at the Filipino who was executed in Saudi Arabia. It also used an unrelated photo of Marcos on its thumbnail.
Request Sa Radyo turns Samsung Theater into Theater of silence
The show was a virtual Theater of Silence reminiscent of Andrea Bocelli’s concert venue called Teatro del Silenzio in the Tuscan hills of Italy.
Sara Duterte’s fantasy world
She fits well in a fantasy world where one seeks distraction and relief from unpleasant realities by engaging in fantasy, daydreaming, or immersing herself in fictional worlds, where one can see only what she wants to see and is in full control of her situation.
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