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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte negates spox; repeats wrong, unsafe claim on using gasoline as disinfectant

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Duterte vows support for business amid COVID-19, threatens telcos with expropriation during SONA

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Despite ban, voices of dissent ring loud and clear

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte negates spox; repeats wrong, unsafe claim on using gasoline as disinfectant

Contradicting his spokesman’s explanation, President Rodrigo Duterte said he was “not joking” when…

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte seesaws on holding face-to-face classes

During his fifth State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte changed his position again…

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Healthy diet campaign gets boost from House bill

The campaign to promote healthy food alternatives to reduce the risk of heart disease amid the…

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte claim ‘no abuses’ in Mindanao martial law FALSE

President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that martial law in Mindanao “ended without abuses” runs contrary…

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Duterte’s rant against health workers confirms he just can’t hack it

Ellen T. Tordesillas

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Duterte gains then loses points over quarantine call

Tita C. Valderama

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The public awaits Duterte’s response to health workers’ plea

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte negates spox; repeats wrong, unsafe claim on using gasoline as disinfectant

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bitoy’s 2016 quote on Duterte revived with FALSE CONTEXT

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Story claiming activist Renato Reyes, protesters in UP got COVID-19 NOT TRUE

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte seesaws on holding face-to-face classes

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The Chit Estella Road Safety Page

Stay at home for safer roads, urge advocates

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Share the road, bikers ask motorists

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New normal, same old mean streets

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Driver discipline urged even with fewer vehicles on the road

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Accessibility, Sensitivity toward PWD commuters

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Not a good day for many vulnerable voters

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Evacuation centers, relief goods not PWD-inclusive

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PWDs left behind in Marikina’s disaster preparedness efforts

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Wildlife and COVID-19: What the public can do

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Wildlife to COVID-19: The Real Culprits

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Upside of Covid-19 pandemic- clear skies

Ellen T. Tordesillas

Bats, Snakes, and Pangolins: The COVID-19 Suspects

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Jo Koy: Rocking arenas with laughter

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‘Funny Girl’ revisited: Why Streisand is the all-time star

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Friendships tried and true in Korea

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