VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Local reposts of ‘red flood’ photos from Indonesia NEED CONTEXT
The water turned crimson after it mixed with dyes from a nearby batik factory.
Monthly Archives: February 2021
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ayala Corp president DID NOT say ‘luxury isn’t for the lazy’
The company’s head of corporate communications said Zobel de Ayala “did not say any of these things.”
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang mga pangunahing pasakit ng African Swine Fever, higit isang taon ang lumipas
Ang average retail na presyo ng baboy ay lumobo ng halos 100% mula nang makumpirma ang unang kaso ng African Swine Fever (ASF) sa bansa noong Agosto 2019.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post about gov’t cash gift for senior citizens FALSE, applies only to centenarians
RA 10868 provides a cash gift of P100,000 only for Filipinos who reach 100 years of age.
Calls for the construction of protected bike lanes grow louder
Biking enthusiasts continue to advocate for the conversion of a car lane into a bicycle lane.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The hogging hurdles of the African Swine Fever, more than a year later
The average retail prices of pork have ballooned by nearly 100% since the first case of African Swine Fever (ASF) was confirmed in the country in August 2019.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: AFP pinatindi ang hindi totoo, walang batayang mga pahayag tungkol sa pagkamatay ni Ninoy Aquino, ugnayan sa CPP
Ibinahagi ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa Facebook (FB) ang isang kolum na inilathala sa The Manila Times na nagsabi ng maling mga pahayag tungkol sa pagkamatay ng yumaong senador Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. at umano’y kaugnayan sa Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
After coup, Myanmar’s journalists watch and wait, warily
BANGKOK - “Some horrible things are likely to happen,” one journalist said. Added another: “They can arrest (us) anytime.” A reporter predicted: “There will be a darker period for us.” “I feel lost,” sighed one journalist. “We are unsafe and insecure.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: AFP amplifies false, unfounded claims on Ninoy Aquino’s death, CPP ties
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shared on Facebook (FB) a column published in The Manila Times that bore inaccurate claims about the late senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.’s death and supposed ties to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Lorenzana mali sa pagsabi na ‘lahat’ ng mga barangay sa Metro Manila ay may mga presinto ng pulisya; pahayag na UP campus may ‘private army’ kailangan ng konteksto
Sa pagbibigay-katwiran sa unilateral abrogation ng 1989 UP-DND Accord at muling pagpasok ng mga patrolya ng pulis sa mga campus ng University of the Philippines (UP) para sugpuin ang sinasabing recruitment ng mga rebeldeng komunista, nagkamali si Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ng pahayag na bawat barangay sa Metro Manila ay mayroong presinto ng pulisya.
