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ASEAN 2017 bid rules skewed to favor one company?

By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS | Jan 03, 2017 12:43 PM

When the government bidded out the P2.8 billion events management contract for the 50th anniversary of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations to be held in the Philippines this year, it tailor-made the criteria so that a favored company would bag the deal, a company excluded from the bidding said.

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DBM shortcuts bid process for P2.8 billion ASEAN hosting deal

By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS | Jan 02, 2017 12:36 PM

The Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) has allegedly violated the government procurement law when it bidded out the gargantuan P2.8 billion events management contract for the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conferences this year, a company excluded from the bidding said.

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VERA FILES YEARENDER: DIGONGsyonaryo

By VERA Files | Dec 31, 2016 2:36 PM

THE year 2016 gave the Philippines a new president, who brought with him to office his very own lexicon, one which we must use our “creative imagination” to fathom.

Duterte

VERA FILES YEARENDER: Despite Marcos burial at LNMB, facts about his fake heroism remain

By VERA Files | Dec 30, 2016 12:26 PM

It could have been the year a Marcos scion almost got elected the second highest official of the land. Instead, 2016 proved it had more in store for the family of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

Libingan ng Bayani, marcos, marcos burial

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VERA FILES YEARENDER: Duterte’s curses and insults

By VERA Files | Dec 28, 2016 12:17 PM

It’s no longer shocking as it was months before when news of President Rodrigo Duterte taking a swipe at yet another world leader breaks out.

Duterte, Human rights, Obama, United Nations, War on drugs

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VERA FILES YEARENDER: Explaining the president: He says, they say

By VERA Files | Dec 23, 2016 2:12 PM

For the Philippines, the second half of 2016 meant listening to President Rodrigo Duterte’s press conferences, often at midnight, and his curses and threats against world leaders, corrupt politicians, and drug lords.

drug war, Duterte, United States, west philippine sea

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is Aguirre correct in saying CHR should file cases against erring policemen?

By VERA Files | Dec 17, 2016 7:02 PM

Is Aguirre correct in saying CHR should file cases against erring policemen?

fact-check, verafied, War on drugs

Bearing witness: Photogs tell the story of extrajudicial killings

By LUZ RIMBAN | Dec 07, 2016 12:25 PM

The glare of a drugstore sign floods the street, shining on the lifeless body of a man sprawled on the wet concrete, a crime scene cordoned off by the usual police tape and curious bystanders who have gathered to ogle the latest victim in the government’s war against drugs.

EJK, Human rights

War on drugs: What the numbers show

By Yvonne Chua | Oct 08, 2016 2:23 AM

A HUNDRED days into his presidency, Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal “war on drugs” has chalked up an official tally of 3,652 deaths.

100 days, Duterte, Killings, War on drugs

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte seesaws with media

By VERA Files | Sep 16, 2016 4:42 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sept. 10 told the media to go ahead and criticize him and his government’s shortcomings, saying it is their sworn duty. Not so long ago, he dared reporters to kill and stop journalism in this country.

Boycott, Duterte, Killings, Media, NUJP