FACT SHEET: What do you need to know about mpox?
While the Department of Health has acknowledged the urgency of WHO's declaration, it assured the public that mpox differs from the COVID-19 pandemic and advised them to remain alert.
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FACT CHECK: The Marcos administration’s evolving stance on allowing ICC investigators
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said on July 29 that the Philippine government will "not get in the way" of the ICC's interview of the five former and current high-ranking police officials tagged as suspects in the Duterte administration's drug war.
Eat your fear: Edible insects
Known for its biodiversity in flora and fauna, the Philippines has some 21,000 insect species, 70 percent of which are endemic to the country. Its edible insects include migratory locusts (balang) and grasshoppers, June beetles (salagubang), crickets (kuliglig), termites, and the larvae of beetles, ants, and bees.
Napakasakit, PhilHealth!
Labag daw sa Universal Healthcare Act ang paglilipat ng halos P90 billion na excess funds ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation o PhilHealth sa national treasury. Sa ika-11 episode ng Tres from Tress podcast, makikipagkwentuhan si Elma Sandoval, senior editor ng VERA Files, kay Dr. Tony Leachon, isang independent health reform advocate at former PhilHealth director, para malinawan ang mga bagay sa mainit na isyung ito.
FACT SHEET: Bakit mahalaga ang BARMM parliamentary election?
Sa unang pagkakataon, magkakaroon ng halalan sa BARMM para punan ang 80 puwesto sa Bangsamoro parliament sa Mayo 2025, kasabay ng midterm national elections.
FACT SHEET: Why does the BARMM parliamentary election matter?
For the first time, the BARMM will have an election to fill 80 seats in the Bangsamoro parliament in May 2025, simultaneously with the midterm national elections.
FACT CHECK: Comelec umatras sa pagbabawal ng premature campaigning sa 2025 eleksyon
Mula sa pagsasabing ipagbabawal nito ang premature campaigning sa 2025 polls, sinasabi ngayon ng Comelec na hindi nito masusuway ang batas noong 2007 na nagpawalang-bisa sa paghihigpit.
FACT CHECK: Comelec backtracks on banning premature campaigning in 2025 polls
From saying it will ban premature campaigning in the 2025 polls, Comelec now says it cannot circumvent the 2007 law that repealed the restriction.
FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos sa ‘bumabang’ poverty index sa BARMM nangangailangan ng konteksto
Bumaba talaga ang mga datos ng kahirapan sa BARMM mula noong 2018. Ngunit nananatili itong may pinakamataas na insidente ng kahirapan sa bansa sa 34.8% noong unang kalahati ng 2023, ayon sa PSA.
FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on ‘decreased’ poverty index in BARMM needs context
Poverty figures in the BARMM have, indeed, decreased since 2018. But it remains to have the highest poverty incidence in the country at 34.8% as of the first half of 2023, according to PSA.