Archive - News Year 2019 all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 News Safe journey, safe kids: Raising awareness of kids’ hazards on the road The National Safe Kids Week (Proclamation No. 1307) is celebrated to raise awareness of the hazards children face while traveling to and from school. This year’s theme is “Safe Journey, Safe Kids.” By Klaire Ting and Reiven Pascasio | Jul 1, 2019 | 1-minute read KEEP READING News Fruit bat myths debunked Bats play a crucial role in the survival of a healthy ecosystem through seed dispersal, pollination, biological pest control, medicine, and many more. By Elijah Roderos and Charmaine Deogracias | Jun 30, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News Youth group vows to plant thousands of trees to help protect the environment Youth group Sigaw ng Kabataan Coalition will plant more trees after planting thousands for PH environment month. By Klaire Ting | Jun 30, 2019 | 4-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Allowing China to fish in PH EEZ violates Constitution, local laws Duterte’s proposition directly violates the Philippine Charter, the Fisheries Code, and the archipelagic baselines law. By VERA FILES | Jun 30, 2019 | 4-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, the world didn’t ‘look up’ to Duterte for cursing Obama Duterte did not earn praise for calling Obama “son of a whore.” By VERA FILES | Jun 29, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING News Bat mom The interesting lives of fruit bats in the Monfort Bat Sanctuary told. By Klaire Ting and Charmaine Deogracias | Jun 29, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What the law says about diplomatic passports What are diplomatic passports and who are entitled to them? Here are 3 facts you need to know. By VERA FILES | Jun 27, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING News Parents want gaps in child-restraint law plugged Parents laud the car seat law but also raise concerns over its implementation. By VJ Bacungan | Jun 26, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The evolving statements on the Recto Bank allision: a visual timeline In this timeline, VERA Files compiled the evolution of statements on the June 9 incident and the issues surrounding it. By VERA FILES | Jun 24, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING News UNCLOS explained, yet again President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is correct when he questioned recently whether China can actually claim a huge swath of the ocean – by which he meant the Chinese Nine Dash Line Claim over practically the entire South China Sea (including portions we refer to as the West Philippine Sea). By Romel Regalado Bagares | Jun 24, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News After Del Rosario HK incident, DFA cancels courtesy diplomatic passports The Department of Foreign Affairs is canceling diplomatic passports issued to non-diplomatic personnel, following the denial of entry by Hongkong authorities of former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario June 21. By Johnna Villaviray Giolagon | Jun 23, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News Poor Filipino Fishermen versus China’s “Surging Second Sea Force” The sinking last week of Filipino-owned wooden fishing boat F/B GimVer 1 by a bigger Chinese ship in Recto Bank presents an expanding dynamic to Chinese expansionist claims over recognized Philippine maritime zones . By Romel Regalado Bagares | Jun 19, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato did not get the highest number of votes in Metro Manila as he claims De la Rosa placed sixth in Metro Manila. By VERA FILES | Jun 18, 2019 | 4-minute read KEEP READING News Lessons from 3 disasters (e-book) This e-book looks into three “cold” environmental cases in the Philippines on updates since the disasters. By VERA FILES | Jun 18, 2019 | 2-minute read KEEP READING News May Sinat ang Mundo The recent statement of President Duterte belittling the importance of climate change talks underscores the lack of understanding of the issue that is an urgent global concern. By Booma Cruz and Charmaine Deogracias | Jun 17, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News A seven-month-old baby, a car seat and lessons from a road crash A road crash left severe injuries on a married couple but left their baby unharmed in a car seat By Yas D. Ocampo | Jun 15, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News Kinaray-a writing contest Dungug Kinaray-a Inc. is now accepting entries for this year's Padya Dungug Kinaray-a. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Jun 13, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte grossly overestimates daily drug deaths in the US, wrongly attributes quote to Obama Obama never said “we (the U.S.) will prosecute you (Duterte) for extrajudicial killings.” By VERA FILES | Jun 13, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 21 Older posts