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 Folk Society’s Christmas Musical Tradition Dying in Bohol The folk carol tradition is considered an endangered folk Christmas community theater act now and is rarely practiced in the towns of Maribojoc, Antequera and Baclayon. By Cooper Resabal | Dec 21, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque underplays Duterte flip-flop on same-sex marriage Roque described Duterte’s recent flip-flop on same-sex marriage as "somewhat new." It's not. By VERA FILES | Dec 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES YEARENDER: The most repeated false claims of 2017 One of the laws of propaganda goes, “A lie told often enough becomes true.” By VERA FILES | Dec 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News Dedicated, overworked personnel sustain gov’t hospital’s program for abused women and children Across from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH)’s emergency room, a large, green building leads to two special units designed to protect women and children. By Text and photos by Arianne Christian Tapao | Dec 18, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News Government hospitals fall short of providing services to abused women, children One Monday morning in March, a six-year-old girl was brought by her separated parents to the emergency room of the Tondo Medical Center (TMC) in Manila. By Text and photos by Arianne Christian Tapao | Dec 17, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: VP poll recount NOT YET decided This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it. By VERA Files | Dec 15, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on asking for emergency powers President Rodrigo Duterte in a speech December 7 in Clark, Pampanga claimed he never asked for emergency powers. In his first SONA, he did. By VERA Files | Dec 13, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News In Metro Manila, more pedestrians die during the Christmas season Road crashes involving pedestrians commonly happen at 5 p.m., on Fridays and weekends. By Verlie Q. Retulin | Dec 13, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News Gov’t scraps redundant rules to cut red tape Eliminating red tape will help the country become more competitive. By Maria Feona Imperial | Dec 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News Sex, drugs and disease: The deadly mix – A perilous phenomenon "But even if you have introduced and provided them their supply of condoms, you can't be assured that they will use them because everyone will be high on drugs." By Diana G. Mendoza | Dec 12, 2017 | 7-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s grim portrait of war on drugs is not supported by gov’t data Government figures tell a different story. By VERA FILES | Dec 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT SHEET: A brief history of impeachment in the Philippines Here’s a five-minute video summing up 68 years of impeachment history in the Philippines. By VERA FILES | Dec 11, 2017 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 155 156 157 158 159 … 254 Older posts