Archive - News Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 News The 20-year-old seat belt law remains ignored, violated: LTO The Seat Belt Law is 20 years old today but just by looking around, one finds that buckling up is still not a voluntary act among passengers and even drivers. By Klaire Ting | Aug 5, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bong Go repeats questionable claim about Duterte’s fight against corruption Neophyte Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go continues to proclaim President Rodrigo Duterte’s total commitment to rid the government of corruption but always sidesteps the inconsistencies in the administration's supposed all-out campaign against graft and corruption. By VERA Files | Aug 3, 2019 | 8-minute read KEEP READING News CHR, rights groups oppose threat of Martial law in Negros “What we are trying to avoid is the normalization of measures reserved for extraordinary cases concerning national safety,” CHR Spokesperson Jacqueline Ann de Guia said. By JIL DANIELLE CARO | Aug 2, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte wrongly claims LANDBANK is the biggest commercial bank in PH, does not fulfill mandate In his fourth State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte wrongly claimed that the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is the biggest commercial bank in the country and that is has no programs that finance the agriculture sector. By VERA Files | Aug 2, 2019 | 6-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of ‘whining’ rallyists FAKE It's photoshopped. By VERA Files | Aug 2, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Andanar’s claim that Iceland has no representation in PH is WRONG Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar is wrong in saying that Iceland has no diplomatic representation in the Philippines. By VERA FILES | Jul 31, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online posts on ‘senseless’ Robredo quote about PCSO FAKE The hoax used the same photo featured in another fake quote card. By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Pacquiao’ FB page promotes FAKE raffle It’s a hoax. By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post showing Vic Sotto photo with ‘baby Pauleen Luna’ NOT TRUE The online post is spurious. By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Piñol wrongly claims there were no major issues against him when he was DA secretary Outgoing Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol is wrong in saying that there were no major issues against him when he was head of the Department of Agriculture (DA). By VERA FILES | Jul 31, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Three things Duterte got wrong on the PH-China maritime standoff President Rodrigo Duterte made three wrong claims when he said China is in possession of the entire West Philippine Sea, and that the Philippines lost the entire Spratly islands to China in a standoff during the previous administration. By VERA FILES | Jul 31, 2019 | 7-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Telstra NOT the country’s third internet service provider It's not providing the Philippines internet services anytime soon. By VERA Files | Jul 30, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 107 108 109 110 111 … 254 Older posts