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President Rodrigo Duterte said Davao City is ‘relatively safe’. Is it?

Is the president correct in saying that Davao City's growth is “unprecedented”?

“There is a scarcity of qualified professional drivers in public transportation.”

The government has yet to create an integrated database for drivers and pedestrians struck and killed by vehicles.

The Philippines will soon have its own JARVIS -- and it could save your life.

An exhibit featuring Lenten images by Filipino artists is on display at the Manila Cathedral.

Test your fact-checking skills with us.

The president says there are EU countries with death penalty. Is that so?

​President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this month said he cannot approve of same-sex marriage because the law allows marriage only between a man and a woman.

Join us at the UP College of Mass Communication Auditorium this Wednesday, March 29, 10 a.m. to noon, as the Department of Journalism and Vera Files hold "Alternative Facts: IS THAT SO?", a forum to mark the First International Fact-Checking Day.

Have these lawmakers stuck to or changed their stand on the death penalty since 2006?

First, it was 7,000. Now, the disputed body count in the war on drugs has been raised further to 8,000 by no less than Vice President Leni Robredo’s legal adviser, former Akbayan Representative Ibarra Gutierrez.