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​VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Trump did NOT call Aquino, Trillanes sh*tholes

Telegraph is hosted on “telegraph-tv.com,” which appears to mimic British broadsheet The Telegraph, whose website is “telegraph.co.uk.”

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Jan 19, 2018

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Faced with abolition, Road Board says it’s now under the Office of the President; Malacañang denies the claim

“The Office of the President has not promulgated an issuance placing the Road Board under its control"

By VERA Files

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Jan 18, 2018

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Advocate flubs poverty data during anti-poverty book launch

Bicol is not the country’s poorest region. Caramoan Island is not a third class municipality.

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Jan 16, 2018

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: SEC revocation of Rappler’s registration explained

The SEC decision repeatedly mentions PDRs. What are those?

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Jan 15, 2018

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Professional board, accredited professional organization divided on guidance and counseling law

Thirteen years after the passage of RA 9258, however, the Professional Regulatory Board of Guidance and Counseling thinks the law has done more harm than good.

By DENISE VALDEZ

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Jan 15, 2018

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Lack of registered guidance counselors forces schools to keep unlicensed ones, violate guidance and counseling law

Perez had performed the role of guidance counselor when he was not supposed to. He is not a licensed or registered guidance counselor, and was hired by DepEd as a teacher.

By DENISE VALDEZ

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Jan 15, 2018

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​Cagayan de Oro devotees ignore security threat for Black Nazarene Traslacion

Amid strong possibility of a terrorist attack didn’t dampen the fervor of thousands of devotees who participated in the Traslacion of the Black Nazarene in Cagayan de Oro City.

By Text and photos by Erwin M. Mascariñas

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Jan 14, 2018

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THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Poll fraud NOT YET proven in Marcos vs. Robredo protest

This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it.

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Jan 12, 2018

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Timeline of anti-graft bodies through the years

Different commissions under different administrations have been set up to investigate corruption.

By VERA FILES

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Jan 11, 2018

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Anti-graft body not in operation five months since Duterte’s urgent vow

“It’s been established but it hasn’t been constituted."

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Jan 11, 2018

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte gets agriculture budget wrong; undersecretary agrees

The DA got the ninth largest share in the 2017 and 2018 budget.

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Jan 8, 2018

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Poor grandmas forced to care for drug war orphans

Despite everything the children are undergoing, something can still be done.

By Kaela Malig and Andrea Taguines

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Jan 6, 2018

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