Sock it to ’em, Pete Lacaba
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By Elizabeth Lolarga
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Sep 22, 2024
At Friday’s Gawad CCP awards night, Jose F. Lacaba, apart from speaking truth to power, what he has done was to shake the perfumed set in the audience out of its comfortable complacency. His speech was the night’s golpe de gulat, in a manner of speaking, that for a second shushed the audience in awestruck silence before a sector broke out cheering loudly for the man.
‘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.
The wheels of justice start to grind for Quiboloy
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By Bullit Marquez
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Sep 14, 2024
The self-proclaimed “Son of God” did not descend from heaven on the wings of angels when he came to the Pasig Regional Trial Court Sept. 13.
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: Panguil Bay Bridge Project was NOT approved by Duterte
The project was approved for implementation in 2015 and financed through a loan agreement in April 2016 – before Duterte even took office.
‘Never again’ to Martial Law remains relevant 52 years after
The election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as president in 2022 may have rehabilitated the Marcos image to many Filipinos but it did not completely erase the scars left by Martial Law.
When to let go of ‘cherished’ traditions
While the House is justified in scrutinizing the OVP budget, it should have exercised the same fine-tooth comb in approving the OP budget, including its P4.56 billion confidential and intelligence funds.
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