Archive - Editor's Pick Year 2021 all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Editor's Pick Pagboto by iskedyul Isa sa pinakahihintay ng lahat ng Pilipino ang araw ng eleksyon. Mayaman o mahirap, nakapag-aral o hindi, basta nasa hustong gulang, puwede bumoto. Pantay pantay ang lahat — tig-isang boto ang bawat isa. By Booma Cruz | May 24, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Should we thank Imelda Marcos for ‘rebuilding’ PGH? In the wake of the fire that hit the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) on May 16, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. thought it relevant to tweet about the relationship of former first lady Imelda Marcos with the government-owned medical facility. By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes | May 21, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Liar No, the jet ski boast was not a joke. It was a lie. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | May 16, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Still no justice for journalist Chit Estella 10 years after fatal road crash Her death was reported as an “accident,” but the tragedy that occurred a decade ago could have been prevented. By VJ Bacungan | May 13, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Debate over ivermectin, other touted COVID-19 cures illustrates case of ‘midinformation’: public health experts Midinformation is the term to define misunderstandings and confusion based on scant or emerging evidence, often about emerging scientific knowledge. By Nica Rhiana Hanopol | May 12, 2021 | 7-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Palawan Pawnshop, Lucio Tan cash giveaway BOGUS Palawan Pawnshop has denied any affiliation with that FB account, and said it does have an online giveaway with Tan as benefactor. By VERA Files | May 12, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte dares Carpio to debate on WPS dispute, then backs out; Palace calls it a ‘demotion’ Shifting gears in just two days, President Rodrigo Duterte backed out from his challenge to debate with retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio about the withdrawal of Philippine Navy ships during the 2012 maritime standoff at Scarborough Shoal between China and the Philippines, as well as the latter's 2016 win at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). By VERA Files | May 10, 2021 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte claims he ‘never mentioned’ PH-China maritime row in 2016 campaign. He did. President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that he “never mentioned” anything about the dispute between China and the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea during his campaign for the 2016 presidential election. This is not true. By VERA Files | May 4, 2021 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Press freedom ‘depends on the people’ – CMFR director Journalists in the country continue to face many threats today and freedom of the press will depend on how much support it gets from the people, according to Melinda Quintos-De Jesus, executive director of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR). By Enrico Berdos | May 3, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The low odds of blood clots from COVID-19 vaccines Health experts underscored the need to “increase the pace of vaccination” as the Philippines' coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections breached the one million mark on April 26. By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2021 | 9-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Malacañang backtracks on Duterte’s ‘verbal fishing deal’ with China The president himself said in a speech in June 2019 that he would “of course” allow Chinese nationals to fish within Philippine waters. By VERA FILES | Apr 24, 2021 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Community Pantry: A noble idea deserves more even as it sparks paranoia from some quarters The Community pantry that Ana Patricia “Patreng”” Non started on Maginhawa street is an example of something good and noble coming out of adversity. By Luis Liwanag | Apr 20, 2021 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 9 Older posts