PHL Vote 2025
VERA Files' fact-checks, explainers, commentaries, news, and in-depth stories about the national and local elections.
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Sara Duterte impeachment trial: first round in the 2028 presidential contest
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By Ellen Tordesillas
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May 18, 2025
Prominent lawyer Lorna Kapunan said last week’s election showed an enlightened electorate. The results were both an appeal and demand to current as well as aspiring political leaders for respect. It’s a notice as well to the senator-judges in the Duterte impeachment trial.
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The spectacular defeats of other Duterte candidates
By Antonio J. Montalvan II
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May 17, 2025

What really is Imee’s agenda?
By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes*
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May 15, 2025

Camille Villar: Crossing political lines for Mama’s Senate seat
By VERA FILES
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May 11, 2025

AI fakery rises, but cheapfakes still rule the race
By Pipo Gonzales and Yvonne T. Chua
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May 10, 2025