Archive - News Year all all 2026 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 VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming application for nat’l ID system has started NOT TRUE This story is false. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Dec 14, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte mistakes ex-UN rights chief for ICC president President Rodrigo Duterte identified the wrong leader when he ranted about the International Criminal Court. By VERA FILES | Dec 14, 2018 | 4-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa, Duterte make contradicting claims on drug war surrenderees 'Bato' says 1.3 million, Duterte 1.6 million. By VERA Files | Dec 14, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bong Go video makes unsupported claim about poverty, hunger An online video endorsing senatorial candidate Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go makes a sweeping claim about hunger and poverty that is not supported by data. By VERA FILES | Dec 12, 2018 | 3-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Enrile sings new tune on same-sex unions Enrile in 2016 rejected the idea of same-sex unions. By VERA FILES | Dec 10, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News The wonder of ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’ 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.” By Elizabeth Lolarga | Dec 9, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News Malacañang’s incoherent statement on ICC’s continuing probe 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. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Dec 8, 2018 | 5-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte falsely claims he never accepts awards He did in 2017. By VERA Files | Dec 7, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News Putting road safety on the political agenda Tens of thousands of Filipinos die and are injured and disabled every year due to road crashes, yet the issue of road safety is hardly viewed as one worthy of public attention. By VERA FILES | Dec 3, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News Climate Change Commission head: Filipinos among worst affected by climate change The head of the Climate Change Commission urged Filipinos to take a stronger commitment to the protection of environment because studies show that Filipinos are among the worst affected by climate change. By Klaire Ting | Dec 2, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: How many drug addicts are there in PH? Let Duterte do the counting How many Filipinos are slaves to shabu? By VERA Files | Nov 30, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post on PH-China 60-40 profit split on joint oil exploration MISLEADING An online post claiming that the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China have agreed on a 60-40 profit-sharing scheme on their joint oil exploration in disputed maritime areas is misleading. By VERA FILES | Nov 30, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 135 136 137 138 139 … 261 Older posts