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We looked into this network and established three things.

An app that would enable fishermen to receive scientific data without Internet connection developed by a group of Filipino Information Technology professionals is one of the 25 finalists in the the NASA Space Apps Challenge, global level, after a three-day hackathon held recently at the De La Salle University in Malate.

As the year comes to a close, the abolition of the Road Board has not only failed to materialize.

We compiled a list of the top issues in the country that triggered the most number of fake news posts this year.

Three patterns emerge from our reports.

Some members of a traveling group that includes President Duterte’s two grandchildren on a holiday in Europe lost their passports in Milan and have been issued travel documents by the consulate, the Philippine consulate in Milan said today.

Philippine environment officials see more work to transform into reality what has been agreed upon by over 20,000 delegates from 195 countries in Katowice, Poland last weekend.

“This is the most chilling, most heartbreaking figure in this document.” - WHO Philippines

Again and again and again, Panelo and Roque would rebrand Duterte's gaffes as presidential jokes. Watch the video.

Our work in 2018 has so far drawn the most reactions from the people we’ve fact-checked.

Reverse-searching shows all the pages on the web where an image appears.

An analysis of 193 fake news reports in 2018.

VERA Files Fact Check takes exception to a claim in an article by The Guardian that Facebook was “pushing reporters to prioritize debunking misinformation that affected Facebook advertisers.”

It’s no longer “It’s the content, not the wrapper that counts” when giving Christmas gifts.

Aliw Awards recognized writer Pablo A. Tariman’s “contribution to the performing arts as music writer and concert impresario” in ceremonies held last Dec. 13 at the Manila Hotel Pavilion.

On pianist Cecile Licad’s sixth and second to the last appearance in a grueling tour of Manila, Iloilo, Nueva Ecija, Baguio and finally Roxas City, Prof. Ben Tapang of the University of the Philippines Baguio and Guacamole Productions introduced her as the “sublime goddess of music” who needed no introduction.

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President Rodrigo Duterte identified the wrong leader when he ranted about the International Criminal Court.

'Bato' says 1.3 million, Duterte 1.6 million.

An online video endorsing senatorial candidate Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go makes a sweeping claim about hunger and poverty that is not supported by data.

Enrile in 2016 rejected the idea of same-sex unions.

Among the varied cultural fare welcoming this most wonderful time of the year, one short opera stands out—Gian Carlo’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors.”

The one thing that spooks President Duterte fiercely is the case of crime against humanity brought against him before the International Criminal Court in The Hague which gave him the dubious distinction of being the first Southeast Asian leader to be charged before the ICC.

He did in 2017.