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To be a major assassin in the Davao Death Squad, Rodrigo Duterte insisted on one requirement: omerta.

Nakipagkwentuhan ang VERA Files tungkol sa usapin ng abortion kay Atty. Claire Padilla, tagapagsalita ng Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network, para sa ika-28 episode ng What The F?! Podcast.

Duterte, who faces being summoned by the ICC over drug-related killings during his term, says with a veiled warning: “Wala akong away kay presidente, unless you want to join into the fray.”

After seven long years in detention for what she insists as trumped -up drug charges, former Sen. Leila de Lima walked out of her detention cell at the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame at about 7 p.m. Nov. 13.

Anxiety and depression constantly piggyback on those sidelined to society's peripheries, like the members of the Filipino Deaf community.

Let’s help Sara Duterte trace how the grand dilemma of her confidential funds began.

In a country ranked as the eighth most dangerous country in the world for journalists, the murder of broadcaster Juan Jumalon, early Sunday morning while he was on a Facebook live-stream, still raised shock and fear.

Bagama't nangako si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na ang kampanya laban sa droga ng kanyang administrasyon ay magkakaroon ng "bagong mukha,” na nakasentro sa rehabilitasyon at pagtugon sa pagkagumon sa droga, ito ay madugo rin.

On Nov. 1, Filipinos trooped to cemeteries and columbaria with candles and flowers to remember their departed loved ones.

Monday’s polls, the result of which, according to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is “crucial” to national politicians, was the first since 2018 — Photos and videos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.

Para saan ba ang Sangguniang Kabataan at ano ang ambag nito sa demokrasya?

Ngayong wala na sa poder si dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, may naisip siyang solusyon sa lumalalang hidwaan ng Pilipinas at China sa West Philippine Sea.

Suddenly a Dutertephobia erupted.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the concept of the Maharlika Investment Fund “remains a good one” and it will be operational by the end of 2023.

Many of the false statements mythologizing the Marcoses are being circulated—in the form of press releases, transcripts, and audiovisual recordings—by offices under the Presidential Communications Office.

Supporters of former senator Leila de Lima’s freedom are hoping to see her out of detention soon after two more witnesses recanted Oct 16 saying they are “bothered by their conscience.”

Mistulang mga magnanakaw sa sariling bakuran. Ganyan ang nararamdaman ng mga mangingisdang Filipino tuwing mapapalapit sa Scarborough Shoal, 224 kilometers mula sa Zambales. Pakinggan dito sa Episode 25, Season 2 ng What The F?! Podcast.

Bakit nagbago ang hirit ni Vice President Sara Duterte tungkol sa hinihinging P650-million confidential at intelligence funds sa 2024 national budget?

A public that engages in name-calling of its political leaders uses a valid form of political engagement.

“Making wars means making maps,” the Thai scholar Thongchai Winichakul wrote in his landmark Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation (1994).

Most schools are still recovering from the devastation. Yet, there are some that have defeated the odds, returning to what they once were as if the destruction never existed.

Naging editor in chief ng Malaya na tinawag na “mosquito press” noong panahon ng martial law at ngayon ay editor in chief ng Business Mirror, ano kaya ang masasabi ni Lourdes “Chuchay” Fernandez sa pagkakaiba ng estado ng press freedom sa ilalim ng pamumuno ng anak ng diktador, si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr.?

TAGBILARAN CITY - Nearly two years since Super Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) battered Bohol, only 17% out of 3, 338 damaged classrooms in 366 schools all over the province have either been repaired or reconstructed.

Paano nabuhay Ang Pahayagang Malaya, isang opposition newspaper na tinawag na “mosquito press” noong rehimen ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr.?