Death and taxes and Marcos
As the second year of COVID-19 comes to a close, we Filipinos are learning to accept the reality that there is more than just death and taxes that are inevitable in life. In the Philippines, at least.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Will Tiktok decide the 2022 elections?
You’ll be astounded by the staggering numbers when you Google the number of TikTok accounts the Marcoses and their supporters have. Even more confounding is the exponential capacity of those accounts to share posts.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa…? Ano ang sinasabi ng mga dokumento ng hukuman tungkol sa paglilitis at pagbitay kay Rizal
Dalawang araw bago salubungin ng bansa ang panibagong taon, gugunitain ng mga Pilipino ang pagbitay kay Jose Rizal noong Dis. 30, na unang idineklara na holiday ng yumaong pangulong Emilio Aguinaldo noong Dis. 20, 1898.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa …? What court documents say about Rizal’s trial and execution
Two days before the nation welcomes another year, Filipinos will commemorate Jose Rizal’s execution on Dec. 30, which the late president Emilio Aguinaldo first declared a holiday on Dec. 20, 1898.
Kai, an online companion: Sexual and reproductive health education is now just a chat away
For 19-year-old Princess Luat, a casual trip to the pharmacy to buy birth control pills, was inconceivable.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Sa taong 2021, Marcos Jr. pinakanakinabang sa disinformation na may kaugnayan sa halalan; Robredo ang paboritong target
Todo ang trabaho ng mga publisher ng disinformation ngayong taon sa kanilang paggawa ng mga hindi tumpak na post na may kaugnayan sa halalan – karamihan sa mga ito ay umikot para suportahan o atakihin ang ilang mga political aspirants bago pa man ang opisyal na pagsisimula ng kampanya para sa mga pambansang eleksyon sa susunod na taon.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Marcos Jr. benefited the most from election-related disinformation in 2021, Robredo was favorite target
Publishers of disinformation were at full throttle this year in their production of inaccurate election-related posts — most of which circulated to either prop up or attack certain political aspirants even before the official start of the campaign period for next year’s national polls.
The anti-drug farce according to Jun Lana
Watching Jun Lana’s “Big Night” is like watching a Senate hearing on the police’s anti-drug operations in the country.
Philippines: Tobacco industry’s ‘laboratory rat’
FDA director Ana Rivera justified their grant-seeking venture by revealing that the agency had little allocation in 2016, and so funding research was nearly impossible.
VERA FILES YEARENDER: ‘Walang biro’: Satire mas lalong ginamit para magkalat ng disinformation noong 2021
Nakatanim na sa isipan ng maraming Pilipino ang katatawanan. Nakatutulong ito na pahupain ang tensyon kapag tumatalakay ng mga kontrobersyal na paksa gaya ng pulitika o mga isyung panlipunan. Ngunit nakikita ito ng iba bilang isang pagkakataon para tuyain nang husto ang isang tao o isang grupo tungkol sa isang bagay na kinasasangkutan nila; ang magalit ay hindi maganda dahil “talo ang pikon,” sabi nga nila.
