FACT SHEET: Tropical cyclone alerts, in context
Thelma Cinco, PAGASA Climatology and Agrometeorology chief, said much of the damage from severe tropical storm Kristine was due to sustained heavy rainfall, rather than its wind strength.
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FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos’ falsely claims being founder and chair of Kabataang Barangay
Sen. Imee Marcos falsely claims to be the founder of Kabataang Barangay and its chairperson from 1975 to 1986.
VERA, the truth bot, now ready to fight misinformation on Messenger!
VERA Files is bringing its misinformation tip line to over 60 million Filipinos on Messenger. Meet VERA, the truth bot!
FACT CHECK: Eating one malunggay seed daily does NOT cure over 300 diseases
A Facebook user claimed that eating one malunggay seed daily can cure a myriad of diseases. An expert in herbal medicine says otherwise.
Imee’s murky identification with KB
The first KB elections were held on May 1, 1975. Those eligible to be part of the organization “shall be at least fifteen years of age or over but less than eighteen.” Imee was then 19 years old.
Davao City ‘ghost employees’ early funders of Duterte’s EJKs
The House quad committee (quadcom), which has uncovered gruesome information in its investigation of EJKs, is now into tracing the money trail that financed former president Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs.It would be helpful for the quadcom to retrieve the interviews given by self-confessed Duterte Death Squad leader Arturo Lascañas and member Edgar Matobato.
New music thrives in Pampanga
The music played by Sunlag is inspired by nature, Asian Traditional Music and the European Avant Garde in its textures, colors and compositional processes.
PHILIPPINES: Listening to the Deaf in the Climate Crisis
In a country at high risk of disasters, public messaging about natural hazards and the climate conversation do not quite reach the Deaf community. Efforts are underway to use Filipino Sign Language better, to connect with them.
A new twist on something old: Reviving natural dyes
Many ethnolinguistic groups in the country use three sources of colorants: yellow ginger or turmeric for yellow dyes, morinda or noni tree for red dyes, and indigo for blue-black dyes.
FACT CHECK: P1,000 monthly pension is for INDIGENT senior citizens, not all
A false advisory about a P1,000 monthly pension for all senior citizens in the Philippines is circulating again on social media.
