VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What you need to know about the senatorial candidates
We compiled relevant information to aid the public in making their decision.
We compiled relevant information to aid the public in making their decision.
One nourishes communities. The other has become a source of distress.
Heavy metal runs through Racquel Logatoc’s veins. The 52-year-old village chief of Bocboc, Marinduque suffers from skin irritation, fatigue and body pains. Tests done in 2013 and 2017 detected the harmful substance in her blood. In February, she was back at the Batangas Medical Center for further monitoring.
BOAC, Marinduque—The people of this island province have endured the brunt of the worst mining disaster in the country, but the bigger heartbreak in their two-decade long quest for justice might just be the wait for redress that is not sure to come.
Jolina Magdangal’s family are road crash survivors.
Duterte Warriors has been flagged repeatedly by VERA Files Fact Check as a top sharer of several misleading reports published by dubious websites.
Last 17 May 2018, the Philippines deposited with the United Nations its written notification of withdrawal from the Rome Statue on the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute). This is pursuant to Article 127 of the Rome Statute which also states that the withdrawal takes effect a year after.
A toddler sitting on an adult’s lap or a small child unbuckled at the back of a moving vehicle is no longer allowed under this new law.
Find out who this year’s voters are in this infographic.
The sea turtle, commonly known as pawikan in the Philippines, is an endangered marine animal yet it continues to be harvested and slaughtered for its meat, eggs and shell, which are sometimes openly sold, proof that humans pose a serious threat to its existence.