BAYAN KO: Isang mukha ng political dynasty
Sinundan ng VERA Files ang isang mukha ng political dynasty sa Irosin, Sorsogon, at ang pagsisikap ng isang dating community doctor-turned-mayor na hadlangan ang pagpasok nito sa kanyang bayan.
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2025 Labor Day protest rally
Just like in past years, last Thursday, militant groups marched to Mendiola bridge, not so far from Malacañang, the official residence and workplace of the Philippine president.
Young talents tackle vocally challenging opera heroines
Opera-loving audiences in Metro Manila are up for a rare vocal treat when young sopranos interpret rarely sung opera heroines Saturday, May 3, 7 p.m. at Manila Pianos along Paseo de Magallanes in Makati City.
MALI-ta (Maling Balita) Minute: Disinformation tungkol sa disaster, Marcos admin at kay Duterte nagpayanig ngayong April!
Na-fool ka ba ng mga maling impormasyon this April? Narito ang ilan sa mga disinformation na kumalat sa buwan na ito. Dahil hindi dapat araw-arawin ang April Fools!
US-PH hold 2025 Balikatan exercises as tension rises in West Philippine Sea sandbars
About 10,000 American and 5,000 Filipino troops are participating in the joint drills being held at Naval Education Training and Doctrine Command (NETDC ) of the Philippine Navy in San Antonio, Zambales.
Johanna Helmuth: Lingering tales of mental glitch
Provocative and raising more questions than ever, Head Against the Wall is Johanna Helmuth’s solo exhibition at West Gallery, 48 West Avenue, Quezon City, until 10 May 2025. Featuring 10 oil paintings and a wood sculpture, it presents a transitional moment in coping with inner conflicts. How do you deal with it? Will it ever
Soothing the blistering heat with music by the Manila Symphony Orchestra
The MSO season begins with the first concert “Music for Peace” on May 24 at the Aliw Theater, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the post-Liberation MSO concerts organized between 1945 and 1946. Violin soloist Emanuel John Villarin, a Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra pioneer member, will play Dvořák’s “Symphony No. 9 — From the New World” and German composer-pianist Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61. Villarin will be coming home from Berlin, where he’s on a scholarship, to do the show with conductor Marlon Chen, MSO’s current music director and principal conductor.
Heidi Mendoza: Running a national campaign with no machinery, little money, but… with sound sleep
Former COA commissioner Heidi Mendoza is bringing her fight against corruption to the Senate, but vows her end goal is to be a public servant, not a politician.
Filipinos mourn the passing of Pope Francis
Cardinal David officiated a concelebrated mass at the San Roque Cathedral in Kalookan city April 22 while Cardinal Advincula, archbishop of Manila joined devotees in a mass at the Manila Cathedral. Photos and video by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.
Phyllis Zaballero: Memories in abstract form
It is the artist’s 44th solo exhibition and her first one at the National Museum of the Philippines titled Phyllis Zaballero: Landscapes of the Mind at Gallery XV1I, 3/F National Museum of Fine Arts.
