VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you need to know about drug testing
What are the types of drug tests and how long does cocaine stay in the body? What is the most accurate test to detect these illegal substances?
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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the petitions against candidates in the 2022 polls
The official campaign period has not started, but presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is already facing four petitions before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to prevent him from running in the May 2022 elections.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding oil price hikes and excise taxes
The House Committee on Ways and Means is moving to suspend or reduce excise taxes on selected fuel products as temporary relief for consumers amid skyrocketing prices of oil and petroleum products in the past few months.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The PH gov’t stance on tobacco industry, novel products
Tensions ran high between the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) during the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The two government agencies did not see eye to eye on key issues involving novel tobacco products.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What PH laws say on aspirants with criminal records seeking elective positions
Twenty-seven days after Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec), a group of civic leaders asked the poll body to cancel it for making “material false representations” on his “alleged eligibility to run” for the presidency in the 2022 elections.
