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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Anti-graft body not in operation five months since Duterte’s urgent vow

“It’s been established but it hasn’t been constituted."

By VERA FILES

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Jan 11, 2018

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte gets agriculture budget wrong; undersecretary agrees

The DA got the ninth largest share in the 2017 and 2018 budget.

By VERA FILES

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Jan 8, 2018

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Poor grandmas forced to care for drug war orphans

Despite everything the children are undergoing, something can still be done.

By Kaela Malig and Andrea Taguines

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Jan 6, 2018

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THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Duterte DID NOT release Revilla from jail

This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it.

By VERA FILES

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Jan 5, 2018

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Left-behind children cry ‘Papa!’

"Call them drug addicts. Call them less than human, but for these children, they're always their loving father."

By Kaela Malig and Andrea Taguines

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Jan 5, 2018

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PHOTOS: Students, teachers help in massive cleanup of classrooms in storm-hit Biliran

The damage, however, was too extensive in some areas.

By DANIEL ABUNALES

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Jan 5, 2018

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VERA FILES YEARENDER: In his own words: Telling the truth, Duterte-style

The president has failed to follow his own advice, making false claims, flip-flops and misleading statements all year round.

By VERA FILES

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Dec 29, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Revilla DID NOT do a tell-all on ex-President Aquino

This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it.

By VERA FILES

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Dec 29, 2017

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VIDEO: Biliran after Urduja

Retrieval operations in some areas where landslides occurred are still ongoing as 14 people remain missing.

By Jeffrey Jaculbe

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Dec 28, 2017

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VERA FILES YEARENDER: And 2017’s False Claim of the Year is…

More than a third of the voters chose the president’s conflicting claims on his wealth.

By VERA FILES

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Dec 28, 2017

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: How old is Isabelle Duterte? She’s 17, per her father’s SALNs since 2007

Google's featured snippets are not always reliable.

By VERA Files

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Dec 28, 2017

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THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Duterte NOT declared as world’s best president

This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it.

By VERA FILES

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Dec 22, 2017

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