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Category: Editor’s Pick

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    Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: A trail of false claims made and fake news shared by Mocha Uson

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 03, 2018 10:09 PM

    Many times, she has made false claims and peddled fake news in her column or her Facebook page Mocha Uson Blog which to date counts 5.7 millions followers. Let’s revisit the trail:

    false claims, misinformation, Mocha Uson

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    Categories Earth Files Editor's Pick News

    From gold ore, back to golden rice grain

    By Maria Elena Catajan  |  Sep 30, 2018 12:25 PM

    A mining town now wants a return to farming.

    earthfiles, Itogon

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    Categories Editor's Pick News The Chit Estella Road Safety Page

    Biliran village folk blame evil spirits for road crashes, but risk factors abound

    By Daniel Abunales  |  Sep 28, 2018 4:18 PM

    The motorcycle lost control, and father and son got stuck in a ditch.

    drink driving, road crash

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    The poor are victims twice over in the war on drugs – PhilRights

    By Klaire Ting  |  Sep 25, 2018 8:32 AM

    Mrs. Rodriguez (not her real name), makes a living by cutting rubber slippers by hand. One midnight, as she ended her work day, she asked her son to buy her food. She fell asleep, waiting for the son that never returned. What neither mother nor son realized was that would be the last time they would see each other.

    Duterte war on drugs, PhilRights

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    Categories Arts & Culture Editor's Pick News

    PETA’s ‘Stage of the Nation’: A continuing mission to start conversations

    By Text and photos by Meeko Angela Camba  |  Sep 21, 2018 10:10 PM

    As Filipinos marked the 46th anniversary of martial law on Friday, September 21, students, workers, rights activists and members of religious groups staged protest rallies, chanting “Never again!” to dictatorship.

    Martial Law, PETA, stage of the nation

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    Categories Commentary Editor's Pick

    COMMENTARY: Duterte loses to Trillanes

    By Segundo Eclar Romero  |  Sep 09, 2018 10:03 AM

    Duterte has set the stage for sacrificing Jose Calida.

    Antonio Trillanes IV, Jose Calida, Rodrigo Duterte

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    Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: In his own words: Duterte’s anti-corruption drive

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 24, 2018 10:15 AM

    How has Duterte’s anti-corruption narrative shifted during his two years in office? Watch this video.

    Corruption, Duterte

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    Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Real Numbers PH’ update contradicts Duterte’s claim

    By VERA FILES  |  Aug 17, 2018 6:33 PM

    Duterte said 1,000 policemen and soldiers died because of drugs.

    Duterte, realnumbersph, War on drugs

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    Categories Editor's Pick News

    Ten years since smoking regulation law, farmers still stuck with tobacco

    By Maria Feona Imperial, Lucille Sodipe and Jake Soriano  |  Aug 12, 2018 9:48 PM

    CABUGAO, Ilocos Sur — Shirley Pichay, 38, is a wife and mother of two. But around here, she is known as a “cowboy.”

    Ilocos Sur, R.A. 9211, tobacco

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    Categories Commentary Editor's Pick

    Duterte’s gift to Xi Jinping when he comes in November

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Aug 09, 2018 10:47 PM

    All these efforts and pronouncements about joint exploration with China in Philippine territory is in connection with the state visit of China’s President Xi Jinping in November.

    PH-China joint exploration, Reed Bank, Xi Jinping

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