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In his inaugural State of the Nation Address (SONA) a year ago, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ended his speech with a declaration that “the state of the nation is sound,” even as the country was still grappling with the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sabi ng MTRCB, walang sapat na basehan para i-ban ang Barbie movie dahil hindi naman ipinakikita dito ang “nine-dash line” claim ng China.

Sa pag-appoint ni Pangulong Marcos kay Gadon, parang nag-dirty finger na rin s'ya sa mahihirap. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

Ano na ba ang decorum sa Senado?

Send them to jail, where the big-time drug lords continue to operate? Dismiss them from the service, so they can work full time with the syndicates? Or, as Duterte has suggested, "ihulog mo?"

The story begins in late November of 2016 at the House of Representatives. At that time, Rodrigo Duterte had already decreed that Leila de Lima must be destroyed.

More than half of Filipinos (54%) have been tuning out news by checking it less often, including disabling notifications. Half avoid certain sources, scrolling past news or changing channels when news comes on. More than a fourth (28%) shun specific news topics like those that dampen their mood or increase anxiety.

2023 Paragala Panghuwaran: Best Fact-checking website. Maraming Salamat, Holy Angel University Communicators League. This inspires us to do more to fight disinformation.

Sa dami ng reklamo at agam-agam nina Pimentel at Escudero, e bakit wala sila no’ng oras na ng botohan?

Retired associate justice Antonio Carpio said the “national territory” clause is in Article I of the Constitution, while “the SC based its decision on the JMSU case on Section 2 of Article XII – these are two different articles in the Constitution.”

Today — May 26, 2023 — VERA Files turns 15.

Acquitted na sa dalawang kaso. Higit anim na taon nakakulong. Ganun-ganon na lang ba 'yun? Parang wala lang?

Even in pro-Marcos propaganda about Ferdinand Sr.’s war-time exploits, there is no direct link between Marcos and the USS Gar.

Nagpatay-patayan si Efren Morillo para makaligtas sa Oplan Tokhang noong 2016. ‘Yung apat na kasama niya patay lahat. Pinaghinalaan silang nagdodroga. Pakinggan natin ang kwento ni Efren dito sa Episode 1 ng Season 2 ng What the F?! Podcast ng VERA Files.

Umpisahan kaya niya sa supporters at panatiko niya, pati na rin sa mga alipores ni Duterte. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos recently said his government will “remain committed to ensuring transparency and good governance, freedom of expression and of the press, and the protection of media practitioners and their rights in the practice of their profession.”

Peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is at risk of faltering due to unfulfilled conditions of the 2014 peace agreement and continued local skirmishes, according to non-profit organization International Crisis Group (ICG).

I blame the Marcoses for much of the ruin that our country has fallen into.

It was short and clear. And combative.

National Literature Month has been celebrated in April in the Philippines for the last eight years, but its avid circle of devotees remains small.

Para sa ika-24 na episode ng What The F?! Podcast, nakipagkwentuhan ang VERA Files sa K-pop fans na sina Chesa at Erik para malaman kung bakit patok na patok ang pangongolekta ng photo cards, albums at iba pang merchandise. Makaka-relate ka kaya sa kanila?

Kawa-kawang manok, kawa-kawang gulay, kawa-kawang pagkain na katumbas ay kawa-kawang pagmamahal para sa kapwa. Pakinggan ang kwento at adbokasiyang “food revolution” ng Kawa Pilipinas dito sa Ep. 23 ng What the F?! Podcast.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has allowed alleged victims of the drug war under the Duterte administration to present their views on the government’s opposition to the resumption of the tribunal’s investigation into the bloody campaign. 

Step 1: Simulan sa sariling bakuran. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.