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Article Keyword: overseas filipino workers

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the plight of Filipino seafarers
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Pag-unawa sa kalagayan ng mga Pilipinong seafarer

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 09, 2023 4:59 PM

    Nasa 50,000 Filipino seafarers na nagtratrabaho sa European vessels ang malalagay sa panganib kung ang Pilipinas ay hindi nagpakita ng “seryosong pagsisikap” na sumunod sa mga kinakailangan ng EC sa pagsubaybay, pangangasiwa at pagsusuri ng pagsasanay at pagtatasa.

    edukasyon, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., MARINA, seafarers, SONA 2023

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the plight of Filipino seafarers
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the plight of Filipino seafarers

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 09, 2023 4:59 PM

    Around 50,000 Filipino seafarers working on European vessels would have been put at risk had the Philippines not shown “serious efforts” to comply with the European Commission’s International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers.

    Ferdinand Marcos Jr., maritime education, seafarers, SONA 2023

  • SAY WHAT: Seven mainstream media organizations reported about the United Arab Emirates’ pardon of three Filipino convicts on June 23. Only two of the three Filipinos pardoned through President Bongbong Marcos’ request were on the death row.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PH media DID report on UAE’s pardon of three Pinoy convicts

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 04, 2023 10:08 PM

    The pardon of three Filipino convicts by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the request of President Ferdinand Marcos was reported by the country’s media, contrary to a vlogger’s claim.

    clemency, UAE

  • SAY WHAT: The Facebook reel does not show the suspect behind the killing of FIlipino overseas worker Jullebee Ranara. This 2014 video shows a mother hugging her son who was deceived by religious preachers into joining the war in Syria.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of 17-year-old Saudi boy NOT Jullebee Ranara’s killer

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 09, 2023 2:33 PM

    Making the rounds on Facebook this week is another video falsely linked to the killing of overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara. The short clip features a young Saudi Arabian returning from war.

    Jullebee Ranara, OFW

  • Overseas Filipino Truth Warriors
    Categories Learning Corner News

    From Truth Bot to Trainings: Arming OFWs in the fight against disinformation

    By Valerie Joyce Nuval  |  Feb 19, 2023 2:38 PM

    Disinformation knows no distance, especially when it comes to Filipino migrant workers.

    Overseas Filipino Truth Warriors, Overseas Filipinos, VERA bot

  • This video IS NOT related to OFW Jullebee Ranara's rape and murder in Kuwait. According to reports, the clip was taken in Saudi Arabia during a student fight and has been circulating on the internet since 2019.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral video shows WRONG suspect in OFW’s rape-slay

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 08, 2023 9:52 AM

    On the day overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara was buried, another unrelated video circulated on social media, passed off as the arrest of the suspect in her rape-slay. The video was taken in Saudi Arabia, not Kuwait.

    Jullebee Ranara, OFW, overseas filipino workers

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video DOES NOT show execution of OFW murder suspect

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 06, 2023 4:43 PM

    A video falsely claimed that the suspect in the murder of 35-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara has been hanged to death. Photos in the video are actually of an Iranian man who was sentenced to death in 2014.


  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB video does NOT show parents of alleged killer of Ranara in Kuwait

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 04, 2023 8:30 AM

    A video is circulating on Facebook (FB) purportedly showing the parents of the alleged killer of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara pleading for the life of their child. This is not true. The video is about a different case in Iran.

    Jullebee Ranara, overseas filipino workers

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video about Kuwait deployment ban MISLEADS

    By vera files fact check  |  Feb 02, 2023 2:21 PM

    Contrary to a post shared on TikTok and Facebook (FB), there is no deployment ban to Kuwait following the murder of 35-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara.  “The [Department of Foreign Affairs] (DFA) and the [Department of Migrant Workers] (DMW) share the same opinion that for now, there is no deployment ban because both […]

    Jullebee Ranara, misleading, OFW community, OFW in Kuwait, Tiktok, video

  • Infographic: The person shown in the FB reel is NOT the suspect behind the killing of Jullebee Ranara, an OFW who was killed and abandoned in the middle of a desert in Kuwait.
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB video shows wrong suspect, NOT alleged killer of OFW in Kuwait

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 01, 2023 2:38 PM

    Amid news of the brutal killing of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara whose charred remains were left in the middle of a Kuwaiti desert, a video circulated on Facebook (FB) showing her alleged murderer. This is not true. The footage is that of a suspect in a teen murder case in the U.S. in 2019.

    OFW in Kuwait, overseas filipino workers

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