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News headlines from May 15 used the words nullified, voided, reversed and remanded to refer to an April 30 ruling of the Court of Appeals in granting a petition for certiorari on a drug case in which former senator Leila de Lima had been acquitted.
What is annatto? We call it achuete, from the Nahuatl word achiotl, a native of tropical America, introduced to the Philippines by the Spanish. Annatto comes from the seeds of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana), a natural dye with golden yellow to orange-red hues. Its nickname, lipstick tree, comes from its use as cosmetic.
With Bam Aquino poised to make a Senate comeback based on his high ranking in the May 12 polls, VERA Files Fact Check observed a barrage of posts online questioning the role he played in the passing of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
If her “opposition” to her brother is simply an expression of sisterly concern, beyond the recently concluded elections, what will Imee do if helping the Dutertes greatly harms her brother, or her family’s reputation, which she has labored for decades to rehabilitate?
With her precarious ranking in pre-election surveys on senatorial preferences for Monday's balloting, the Villars are pulling every trick in the book for Camille to make it to the top 12.
AI-manipulated videos and audio have emerged as a growing disinformation tactic ahead of Monday’s midterm elections—more frequent, more targeted and more deceptive. Despite their rise, simpler manipulations, or shallowfakes, remain the more widespread threat, continuing to dominate the misinformation landscape flagged by fact-checkers.
How much is the going rate?An incumbent candidate for Congress has doubled the cash given by his opponent to ensure victory from P500 to P1,000 per vote, many recipients attest. For some, “the vote is given to the highest bidder,” says one, who refused to be named.
Mali ang sinabi ni Kitty Duterte na sa ilalim ng pamamahala ng kanyang ama, nakaaalis at nakauuwi nang ligtas ang mga bata.
Camarines Sur gubernatorial candidate Ronald Alarkon Rodriguez cautions his constituents against believing in “fake news,” saying he is disqualified from the May 12 race. This needs context.
Kitty Duterte falsely claimed in a campaign rally that young people could go out and come home “safely” during her father’s presidency.
