Despite the risks, motorcycle taxis remain a popular option to beat traffic
Weighing the benefits over the risks, it looks like the motorcycle taxi is the riding public’s solution to the stressful Metro Manila traffic situation.
Yearly Archives: 2019
Public urged to use eco-friendly materials and curb wasteful consumption
It is around the holidays that the country generates the biggest volume of garbage, including plastic, says Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu, so consumers are reminded to reuse and recycle and choose materials that do not harm the environment.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Alingawngaw sa Duterte chamber: Mga kaalyado inuulit ang mantra ng pangulo na ‘pumatay’
Ang epekto ng malakas na personalidad ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ay tila naipasa sa mga taong katrabaho niya at mga humahanga sa kanya. Ginagaya si Duterte ng mga kaalyado, lalo na kung pinag-uusapan ang pangunahing program ng gobyerno na giyera laban sa droga at kontra katiwalian.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: The Duterte chamber: Allies echo the president’s ‘kill’ mantra
The effect of President Rodrigo Duterte’s strong personality has apparently rubbed off on people he works closely with and those who admire him. Duterte's allies mimic him, especially when talking about his government’s banner program of war on drugs and anti-corruption.
Justice is served in the decade-long Maguindanao massacre case, except for one
‘Wala na nga akong katawan, wala pa akong hustisya’ -- kin of Maguindanao massacre victim
Filipina human rights worker, one of the 15 recipients of the Franco-German Human Rights Award
Last Dec. 12, two days after the universal observance of International Human Rights Day, human rights advocates gathered at the Novotel in Quezon City to applaud the awarding to Aileen Bacalso, the Franco-German Ministerial Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law.
Martial Law, Militarization, and the Manobos of Han-ayan
Duterte’s martial law has caused profound uncertainty in the Manobo community’s life, where the possibility of violence at the hands of government forces and the painful necessity of again abandoning their homes and farms haunts every moment.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Catholic nun’s call for ‘People Power’ TWISTED by online poll
This story is misleading. Don't believe it.
Us against Them
At the School Gate, authored by Sandra Nicole Roldan and illustrated by Nina Martinez, covers all the rights people need to uphold. It opens with a 15-year-old protagonist Ella Cortez trying to meet a deadline for a school paper and goes on to follow her as her aunt fetches her at the gate and breaks some somber news—the arrest of Ella’s father, an NGO worker.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK TAON: Pag-interpret sa pangulo, hanggang ngayon …
Kapag nagsalita si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, nagmamadali ang kanyang mga tauhan para magbigay ng paglilinaw -- o sinubukan nila. Minsan, ang kanilang paliwanag ay sumusuporta sa mga pahayag ng pangulo; madalas, salungat ito.
