Archive - Fact Sheet Year 2022 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Fact Sheet FACT SHEET: Disparity in body count of drug war victims explained The Marcos administration has revamped the government’s anti-drug campaign in a bid to focus on demand reduction and rehabilitation of users, as opposed to the all-out war that led to the death of thousands of Filipinos in the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. By VERA Files | Dec 13, 2022 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Maharlika Investment Fund explained What is the Maharlika Investment Fund? Why is it facing so much backlash? By vera files fact check | Dec 9, 2022 | 8-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What’s in the proposed heterosexual bill? How is it different from the SOGIESC Equality bill? What’s in the proposed heterosexual bill and how is it different from the SOGIESC Equality bill? By VERA Files | Dec 9, 2022 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can dragon fruit serve as an alternate crop for rice? Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos said recently that farmers can earn more by planting dragon fruit alternately with rice. “’Yung Taiwan malaki ang demanda ng dragon fruit (Taiwan has a high demand for dragon fruit). Eh [but] they can only plant dragon fruit three or four times, three or four months of the By VERA Files | Dec 8, 2022 | 8-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you need to know about confidential and intelligence funds What are confidential and intelligence funds? For what can these be used? By VERA Files | Nov 30, 2022 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Is having 110 million Filipinos good or bad? In a press conference on Nov. 21, Justice Secretary Boying Remulla defended the decision of the Philippine delegation to reject the United Nations Human Rights Council’s recommendation to decriminalize abortion. “We have to discuss more on the policy of population growth kasi may lumalabas that there are benefits and there’s just good and bad about By VERA Files | Nov 26, 2022 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: UN body’s universal periodic review of PH human rights situation explained What is universal periodic review (UPR) of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and its relevance to improving the human rights situation in the country? Here are five things you should know. By VERA Files | Nov 13, 2022 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Is there a shortage or an oversupply of garlic? Danilo Fausto, president of the Philippine Chamber for Agriculture and Food Inc., explained that although there is an oversupply of garlic in specific regions, there is generally a shortage in crop supply. By VERA Files | Sep 22, 2022 | 7-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Why do lawmakers want to postpone barangay and SK elections again? Congress is mulling over the postponement for the third time of the elections for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials despite assurances from the Commission on Elections on its readiness to hold it as scheduled on Dec. 5 this year. By VERA Files | Aug 31, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Six misconceptions about the Philippines’ arbitral award on the South China Sea Six years after the Philippines' arbitral tribunal victory against China regarding the South China Sea, mis- and disinformation about it continue to spread. By VERA Files | Jul 13, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Four things you need to know about Malampaya Should the Philippines fail to produce more electricity amid Malampaya gas field's projected depletion, the Department of Energy's 2021 Energy Resource Guide warns that the country "will face a huge energy crisis." Here are four things you should know about the project. By VERA Files | Jul 8, 2022 | 12-minute read KEEP READING Fact Sheet VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Duterte’s ‘never-ending’ fight against drugs and corruption in his own words Duterte moved the goal posts for his anti-corruption crusade, four years into his presidency. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination 1 2 3 4 Older posts