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Mr. Speaker: Disapprove Pulong’s new world tour
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By Antonio J. Montalvan II
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Dec 11, 2025
In his letter to the then Speaker Romualdez, Paolo said that the “expenditures incurred from this trip are from my personal funds alone.” That was the only disclosure he mentioned. Nowhere in his letter did he state the purpose of the trip. That's point No. 1: the trip is cloaked in secrecy even if it meant the traveller was using official leave from his government job. That alone is an ethical dilemma.
IFCN statement on U.S. visa restrictions targeting fact-checkers
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By VERA Files
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Dec 10, 2025
Fact-checking is journalism. It is the straightforward work of comparing public claims against the best available evidence and publishing the results for all to see. This work strengthens public debate — it does not censor it. It is protected within the United States by the First Amendment, and the U.S. has long supported similar press freedoms internationally. To conflate this work with censorship is to misunderstand what fact-checkers do, or to deliberately misrepresent it.
The long game at The Hague
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By Tita C. Valderama
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Dec 8, 2025
When viewed together, the legal stalling at The Hague and the coordinated political pressure at home reveal a strategy designed not only to shield the former president from accountability. The Duterte camp appears to be buying time as part of a broader gambit aimed at weakening the Marcos administration and clearing space for a Sara Duterte takeover before the ICC can weigh the evidence against her father.
SC, ICC on a collision course over case of ‘Tokhang’ survivor Efren Morillo
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By Ellen Tordesillas
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Dec 5, 2025
The Supreme Court is on a collision course with the International Criminal Court over the dismissal of a petition to review the case of Efren Morillo, an eyewitness and survivor of the war on drugs of former president Rodrigo Duterte, who has been detained at the Scheveningen facility while awaiting trial for charges of crimes against humanity in The Hague, Netherlands.
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By VERA Files
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Nov 30, 2025
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FACT CHECK: Quote card of DTI’s Roque suggesting sardines for noche buena FAKE
A statement attributed to Trade Secretary Cristina Roque supposedly suggesting sardines as an alternative to ham for noche buena is going viral online. This is fake.
Son, behold your mother
To young Araos, his Inay is “the woman behind Ama (Jerry) and our family. It is the greatest honor to pay tribute to her. All her life she has never been given that kind of tribute. She’s the woman who’s the pillar of and behind the genius of Ama.”“Tribute” runs until Dec. 14 at Crucible Gallery. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Bato, Agarwood Farm and Tata Sala
Where is Sen. Bato Dela Rosa? Some say he is in the vicinity of Davao City and is protected by Jose Nelson “Tata” Sala. Who is Tata Sala?
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