Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Trump calls Resorts World incident a ‘terrorist attack’; was it? Was the Resorts World incident a ‘terrorist attack’ as Trump says? By VERA Files | Jun 2, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Explaining martial law What we need to know about martial law By VERA FILES | May 24, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was the definition of EJKs changed under the Duterte administration? (UPDATED) Recently appointed foreign affairs chief Alan Peter Cayetano slammed the double standard used by critics of the Duterte administration to define extrajudicial killings (EJKs). By VERA Files | May 21, 2017 | 7-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNA replaces its fake news that 95 states are convinced there are no EJKs in the country; no apology or reason given Without explaining or apologizing, the state-run news agency replaced the headline and the entire text of what used to be an article entitled “95 nations in 3rd UPR convinced no EJKs in PHL. By VERA Files | May 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did Callamard say shabu doesn’t lead to violence? Did the UN Special Rapporteur say shabu doesn’t lead to violence? By VERA Files | May 16, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Plaza Moriones in Intramuros What is Plaza Moriones and why do we need to talk about it? By VERA Files | May 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cayetano tells UN Duterte admin has ‘zero tolerance’ for police abuse Does the Duterte admin have ‘zero tolerance’ for police abuse as Cayetano says? By VERA Files | May 11, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can Duterte invoke territoriality on matters related to crimes specified in the Rome Statute? President Rodrigo Duterte cited the principle of territoriality when asked if the International Criminal Court (ICC) has the jurisdiction to look into his alleged involvement in the “continuing mass murder in the Philippines.” By VERA Files | May 11, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: At least how many laws are violated in the PNP’s secret jail cell? Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald De La Rosa backed his men in the controversy over a secret jail cell, supporting them in their decision to “maximize space” inside an already overcrowded jail in Tondo, Manila. By VERA Files | May 6, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: West Philippine Sea tensions and the Arroyo presidency What do tensions in the West Philippine Sea have to do with the Arroyo administration? By VERA Files | Apr 26, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No tension in South China Sea during Arroyo administration? Was there no tension over the South China Sea during the nine-year Arroyo administration? By VERA Files | Apr 22, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Does Saudi Arabia provide 80% of the Philippines’ oil? During his business trip to the Middle East, President Rodrigo Duterte thanked Saudi Arabia for its contributions to the Philippine economy: jobs for Filipino workers and oil supply. By VERA Files | Apr 22, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 281 282 283 284 285 … 292 Older posts
