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.
The early voting hours and assignment of priority polling places still led to inconveniences among senior citizens.
Elections give voters an opportunity every three years to reject non-performing, misbehaving, incompetent, corrupt and other types of bad leaders and replace them with aspirants suitable for the position. Every election presents a chance for improvement, not deterioration of the quality of the leaders we choose.
The Makabayan bloc has a different goal than traditional politicians: build a “people’s opposition” which will go beyond the May 12 elections. Garnering support for key issues they advocate is the impact they want to make.
A Facebook page falsely claimed that leftist party-lists are linked to the NPA. Groups cannot be registered as party-lists if they advocate for violence.
In the upcoming midterm elections, senate bet and farmer-activist Danilo “Ka Daning” Ramos stands with indigenous women farmers in the fight against synthetic fertilizers and champion organic farming in the Senate.
The loud Marcos-Duterte feud is pushing the plight of the marginalized out of public discussion, senatorial candidate Amirah Lidasan said.
A VERA Files investigation uncovered a network of 45 TikTok accounts that exhibited signs of a coordinated campaign from May to December 2024 to boost Guo’s reputation as a progressive leader and defend her innocence, amid the probe on her alleged links to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) during this period.
Hindi bastang makalalaya si Rodrigo Duterte maliban kung aprubahan ng ICC ang kanyang pansamantalang paglaya. Walang kapangyarihan ang isang senador na iuwi siya mula sa pagkakakulong.
As Filipinos grapple with rising food prices and food insecurity, how can Roberto Ballon, Ronnel Arambulo and Danilo Ramos prove that farmers and fishers deserve a spot in the Senate?
