Visayas bridge construction still hangs 5 years after China’s withdrawal

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By Rhoanne De Guzman, Valerie Joyce Nuval and Rhenzel Raymond Caling

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Oct 15, 2024

Leganes, Iloilo has long awaited the completion of the Panay-Guimaras-Negros Islands Bridge. But three years from the initial plan for construction, promises of economic progress remain hanging due to a shift in funding sources.

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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.

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‘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.

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FACT SHEET: Paano sinusukat ang kahirapan sa Pilipinas?

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.  

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FACT CHECK Online Posts

FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong is NOT dead

Two posts on Facebook falsely claimed that Doc Willie Ong is dead. It used images with false contexts as proof of his supposed death.

Arts & Culture

Tributes pour for Gilopez Kabayao, internment set Oct. 19

It is a week of music and memories as friends, musicians and Iloilo city officials including civic organizations pay tribute to violinist and music missionary Gilopez Kabayao in the last days of viewing at the Gegato-Abecia Memorial Homes at Tanza, Iloilo City.

Commentary

A twist in Royina Garma’s version of the drug war drama

Lawmakers are not convinced that Garma has been telling all she knows about Duterte's drug war. The plot in the drug war drama is getting more interesting as the congressional probe moves closer to the exciting part.