Captain Pacman, anyone?
Sen. Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao wants to run for president in the 2022 elections. But based on his stated plans for the country, he seemingly has the illusion of becoming a superhero instead.
Monthly Archives: June 2021
A bookshop thrives up in the clouds
In a virtual tour of Mt Cloud Bookshop on Yangco Road, Baguio City, co-owner Feliz Lim Perez showed and proved how such a business can conquer the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic that kept the place shut for the first three months of the lockdown.
Tales of cloud rats, sky islands, and disappearing forests
We associate rats with filth and sewers and the carrier of leptospirosis in the country. And yet, cloud rats are fluffy and cuddly animals, and yes, they are rodents.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming ICC’s Bensouda will be imprisoned NOT TRUE
The threat was attributed to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, but he never said this.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque kinontra si Panelo sa pag sampa ng kasong murder laban sa lumalabag sa COVID-19 quarantine
Iminungkahi ni Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo na kasuhan ng murder ang mga indibidwal na nakakaranas ng mga sintomas ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ngunit ayaw mag quarantine. Umayon si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, ngunit hindi sumang-ayon si Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque, na sinabing ang mga detalye ay hindi tugma sa mga elemento ng murder.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque contradicts Panelo on charging COVID-19 quarantine violators with murder
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has suggested that individuals experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but refusing to go into quarantine should be charged with murder. President Rodrigo Duterte concurred, but Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque disagreed, arguing that the circumstances do not meet the elements of murder.
One month after: DOH has yet to identify who’s liable for wasted COVID-19 vaccines in North Cotabato
A month after it was reported that more than 300 vials of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines were wasted in a municipality in North Cotabato, the Department of Health has yet to find out who was liable for and what caused the lapse.
Bersyon sa Tagalog: Pormal na imbestigasyon ng drug war ni Duterte hiniling sa ICC
Isang araw bago nagretiro si International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda noong Hunyo 15, inilabas niya sa publiko ang resulta ng preliminary examination na ginawa ng kanyang opisina simula Pebrero 2018 tungkol sa sitwasyon sa Pilipinas kaugnay ng War on Drugs (WoD) sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Duterte at humingi siya ng pahintulot sa ICC Pre-Trial Chamber na ipagpatuloy ang imbestigasyon.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Isko Moreno mali sa binanggit na pag-aaral ng US ‘CDC’ tungkol sa low effectiveness ng mga face shield
Mali ang pagkakaugnay ni Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso sa United States (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sa isang pag-aaral na nagpapahiwatig na limitado ang bisa ng mga face shield sa pagsugpo sa pagkalat ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Isko Moreno inaccurately cites US ‘CDC’ study on low effectiveness of face shields
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso wrongly attributed to the United States (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a study that suggested limited effectiveness of face shields in curbing the transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).