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 Road safety advocates raise public awareness of risks on the road Nations observe today, Nov 18, the World Day of Remembrance (WDR) for Road Traffic Victims. By Klaire Ting | Nov 18, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News Finding ways to circumvent Charter for joint exploration with China We will be watching out for the details of the agreement on the joint exploration in the Spratlys that is expected to be signed in the presence of President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping when the latter comes to Manila on Nov. 20 and 21. If there would be any agreement on joint exploration at all. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Nov 16, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post claiming Wang Yi declared Benham Rise and ‘eastern PH sea’ as Chinese territory a HOAX Silent No More PH published fake news on Nov. 14, attributing a fabricated quote to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who supposedly declared the Benham Rise and the "entire eastern Philippine sea" as Chinese territory. By VERA FILES | Nov 15, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: In one speech, Duterte unloads 9 false claims In Puerto Princesa, he ranted about drugs, crime, oil fields and World War II, among others. By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News Asean, China eyeing 3-year timeframe for COC conclusion SINGAPORE - A Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea could be concluded in as early as three years, just about the same time that President Duterte completes his six-year term as president of the Philippines. By Johnna Villaviray Giolagon | Nov 15, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza WRONGLY gives Duterte sole credit for country’s first ‘landport’ Former newscaster Jay Sonza has wrongly credited the Duterte administration solely for establishing the country’s first integrated land transport terminal, the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange. By VERA FILES | Nov 14, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Angara wrongly claims Pacquiao first Filipino to speak at Oxford Union Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara falsely claimed fellow senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao is the first Filipino to speak before the Oxford Union. By VERA FILES | Nov 13, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News Atis thankful but apprehensive over land award in Boracay Two weeks after it reopened a cleaner Boracay to tourists, the government fulfilled another promise it made to the original inhabitants of the resort island: it handed them certificates of land ownership. By Cooper Resabal | Nov 11, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News Armada tells journalists: Devote time to understand reality on the ground Visiting Spanish veteran journalist Alfonso Armada cautioned journalists against too much dependence on technology to the point of becoming blind to the complexities and vibrancy of the situation on the ground and failing in their duty of informing the public of the truth. By Merinette Retona | Nov 10, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte falsely claims there are no killings in Davao City President Rodrigo Duterte wrongly claimed there are no killings in Davao City as he underscored the importance of peace for economic progress and enjoined members of the New People’s Army to return to the fold. By VERA FILES | Nov 9, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post claiming Aquino admin sold Spratlys to China FALSE A netizen's online post last Oct. 28 claiming that the administration of former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III sold the Spratly Islands to China is false and misleading. By VERA FILES | Nov 6, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s claim about his salary still inaccurate It's the fourth time he has understated his pay by VERA Files Fact Check’s count. By VERA Files | Nov 6, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 126 127 128 129 130 … 250 Older posts