VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Four things you should know about coal plants
President Rodrigo Duterte has called coal plants “clean energy” and urged the private sector to invest more in these types of facilities.
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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What is latent homosexuality?
President Rodrigo Duterte wants to “fast track” the cases of sick and elderly inmates or persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa. He believes, however, that those who have been behind bars for a long time prefer to stay in prison because they “have acquired latent homosexuality.”
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Transfer of Bilibid inmates: 3 things you should know
The Senate investigation on the controversial Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) has opened a can of worms -- among them the transfer of 10 “high profile” New Bilibid Prison (NBP) inmates to a Philippine Marines facility on June 12.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The new way of measuring poverty in PH explained
In a speech before the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Sept. 28, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro "Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. said the Philippine government’s progress in attaining the “aspirations” of the people, such as the fight against poverty and crime, cannot be measured based solely on income per capita.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Five things you should know about presidential pardons
On orders of President Rodrigo Duterte, 10 high-profile convicts from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa were transferred to the Philippine Marine Barracks in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, citing “threats to their security.”
