VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s claim on PH non-membership in ICC lacks context
The claim of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte that the country is no longer a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) needs context.
User need Archives
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Incoming security adviser Clarita Carlos contradicts Marcos Jr.’s latest stance on Ukraine-Russia war
Contrary to a March 4 statement of president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. urging Russia “to respect Ukraine’s freedom,” incoming National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos said the Philippines should remain “neutral” in the ongoing war.
Pa’no nanalo si BBM?: Unity, unity, unity
Second of three parts. Unity ang battle cry ng kampanya ni president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Gaano ba ‘to ka-epektibo? Alamin natin kay Manolo Quezon III, Malacañang historian at political analyst.
Pa’no nanalo si BBM?: Ang 2022 rendition ng Bagong Lipunan
Na-LSS ka rin ba sa rock version ng Martial Law song na Bagong Lipunan? Dito sa unang episode ng “Pa’no nanalo si BBM?: Let us count the ways” podcast series, hihimayin ni Manolo Quezon III, Malacañang historian at political analyst, ang naging kampanya ng anak ng diktador.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos’ claim that China has ‘never attempted to take over’ PH needs context
Sen. Imee Marcos claimed that China has not even once attempted to take over the Philippines “in any way.” This lacks important context.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: For the nth time, Badoy makes BASELESS claims on Robredo, partylists’ ‘ties’ with CPP-NPA-NDF
Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy, concurrent spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), claimed once again without basis that Vice President Leni Robredo “colluded” with the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and select party-list groups in the May elections.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: President-elect Marcos Jr. shifts gears on SCS arbitral ruling
In a sudden shift from his previous position, president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. recently said he will assert the 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines, describing it as a “very important ruling in our favor.”
FACT SHEET: Raffy Tulfo’s point on ‘genderless’ domestic violence, explained
“Domestic violence and any form of gender-based violence cannot be genderless,” said Dr. Nathalie Africa-Verceles, associate professor and director of the University of the Philippines Center for Women's and Gender Studies.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can VP-elect Sara Duterte be sworn in before June 30?
While the 1987 Constitution does not expressly prohibit being sworn in earlier, lawyer Christian Monsod, a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, said Duterte-Carpio should not take her oath of office “until there is an office to assume.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mindanao newspaper’s claim on Marcos Jr. favoring franchise renewal of ABS-CBN needs context
Marcos did not say that he favors granting a franchise to ABS-CBN. But he did say that the media network should first resolve the issues raised against it before reapplying for a franchise at the House of Representatives’ committee on legislative franchises.
