VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO announcement of a Bongbong-Sara tandem in 2022 polls
The video was based merely on comments made by their supporters on social media.
Monthly Archives: June 2021
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte did NOT claim that Pacquiao paid for college diploma
The president has not referred to the senator’s degree in recent speeches.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pacquiao quote telling the public to ‘not vote’ for Duterte allies FAKE
Then and now, the senator has made no mention of withholding support for Duterte allies.
Duterte won’t cooperate in ICC probe of drug war
President Rodrigo Duterte “will never cooperate” with the International Criminal Court in the event its Pre-Trial Chamber grants the request of Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for investigation of the administration’s war on drugs campaign, Palace Spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, June 15.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: New ‘DSWD’ FB page posts FAKE house, cash giveaways
DSWD is not hosting such a giveaway on its official website, or in its Facebook and Twitter accounts.
A giant leap for justice, ray of hope for victims of EJKs
For those who took the path of the International Criminal Court, the judicial authorisation request of the Office of the Prosecutor to proceed with an investigation is a “monumental step towards justice,” and a “ray of hope” for the families of victims of extrajudicial killings in the war on drugs.
Gov’t officials, police conspired to carry out Duterte’s war on drugs — ICC prosecutor
In her request for authorization to proceed with the investigation of the situation in the Philippines, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda cited her findings that members of the Philippine National Police “have unlawfully killed between several thousand and tens of thousands of civilians” in carrying out the Duterte government’s war on drugs.
ICC Prosecutor requests for formal investigation of Duterte for crime against humanity
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has requested authorization to proceed with the investigation of President Duterte for the crime against humanity, among other complaints in connection with his brutal war on drugs, outgoinh ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced today.
Alice Sun Cua ferries Spanish novel to Hiligaynon
Alice Sun Cua, a perennial Manila Critics’ Circle awardee, is that rare creature. She is a physician (obstetrics-gynecology is her specialty at San Juan de Dios Hospital) by day and a literary writer and now a translator during her free hours. The Santo Niño de Cebu Publishing House recently launched its first title, and the good doctor was their buena mano. It published her translation of contemporary Spanish novelist Carmen Laforet’s novel Nada in Hiligaynon.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Litrato ni Isko Moreno na naka ‘dextrose’ binuhay ng dating PCOO social media consultant, mga netizen nangangailangan ng konteksto
Isang lumang litrato ni Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno'' Domagoso na nagtatrabaho habang nakakabit sa isang bag ng fluid ang muling naglabasan ngayong linggo sa maraming mga Facebook (FB) account, kasama ang FB page ng isang abogado na dating social media consultant ng Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). Kailangan nito ng konteksto.
