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: Use of ‘alleged’ not a defense against libel PCOO Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson is wrong. By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING News New group urges citizens to hold Duterte accountable for abuses A new multisectoral group launched Monday a campaign urging Filipinos to unite and demand accountability from the Duterte administration over excesses of power. By Maria Feona Imperial | Sep 18, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Vilma Santos-Recto DID NOT vote to slash the CHR budget; Lagman DID NOT say he’d file an impeachment complaint against Duterte and Henry Sy’s daughter DID NOT trash Duterte’s critics. These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them. By VERA FILES | Sep 15, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DFA press release distorts facts about Philippine human rights report Only eight countries expressed qualified support for PH war on drugs. By VERA FILES | Sep 15, 2017 | 7-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DDB Chair Santiago repeats Duterte public bidding flub Santiago repeated the same mistake about government procurement. By VERA FILES | Sep 13, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte gets Bangsamoro peace process wrong Peace “talks” between the government and both the MILF and the MNLF have already been concluded. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Commission on Human Rights, explained President Rodrigo Duterte, in a media interview following his 2017 SONA, said he wants the CHR abolished. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News Asean hopes to salvage RCEP with recalibrated offers Countries participating in a mammoth Asean-led regional free trade agreement are making a fresh pitch to salvage the deal with new proposals on the level of trade they are willing to liberalize. By Johnna Villaviray Giolagon | Sep 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News Trade ministers finalizing RCEP outline Regional trade ministers are finalizing the key elements of a mammoth free trade deal that the Philippines is working to substantially conclude this year. By Johnna Villaviray Giolagon | Sep 10, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Lascanas did NOT say he regrets trusting Trillanes, airstrike video NOT clear if Hapilon is dead These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them. By VERA FILES | Sep 8, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING News VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte and Imelda tell contradicting stories about Marcos gold The Marcos gold – ill-gotten after all? By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2017 | 5-minute read KEEP READING News Killings in anti-drug campaign a public health issue – rights group A human rights group has called attention to a more sinister outcome of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. By Arianne Christian Tapao | Sep 7, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 178 179 180 181 182 … 268 Older posts
