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Category: Fact Sheet

  • VERAFIED FACT SHEET: The Philippine CDC bill explained
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Philippine CDC bill explained

    By VERA Files  |  May 31, 2023 12:15 PM

    What provisions of the Philippine CDC bill are being opposed?

    Health, medical martial law, Pandemic, Philippine CDC, sim card

  • VERAfied: Can the NFA import rice for the country’s emergency buffer stock?
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can the NFA import rice for the country’s emergency buffer stock?

    By VERA Files  |  May 23, 2023 11:03 AM

    A news release from the Presidential Communications Office on April 13 said the National Food Authority (NFA) was proposing to import 330,000 metric tons of rice to cover a projected deficit in the country’s emergency buffer stock.

    emergency buffer stock, importation, NFA, Rice

  • Fact Sheet: Is Teves a terrorist?
    Categories Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Is Teves a terrorist?

    By VERA Files  |  May 19, 2023 10:43 PM

    The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed multiple murder, frustrated murder and attempted murder charges against Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. on May 17. Teves is the alleged mastermind of the March 9 murder of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo and nine others. The charges against him in relation to the crime came weeks […]

    Anti-Terrorism Act, Arnie Teves, Arnolfo Teves, Roel Degamo, terrorist

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What health experts know so far about ‘Arcturus’ Omicron subvariant
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Fact Sheet Health NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What health experts know so far about ‘Arcturus’ Omicron subvariant

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 28, 2023 9:02 PM

    Getting updated vaccination “remains to be the most effective and best long-term protection” against the COVID-19 virus, according to the Department of Health, even as a new subvariant of Omicron was detected in the country earlier this month. What is the Arcturus subvariant? Should it be a cause for concern?

    Arcturus Omicron, COVID-19

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The heat index, explained
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The heat index, explained

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 28, 2023 4:04 PM

    The heat index is used to determine how much heat a person can take before it becomes dangerous.

    air temperature, heat index, PAGASA

  • VERAfied FACT SHEET: Fraternities and the unlawful practice of hazing
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Fraternities and the unlawful practice of hazing

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 22, 2023 1:45 PM

    UP Sociology Professor Filomin Gutierrez said the hyper masculine culture in fraternities risk[s] adopting practices such as harsh, physical, mental and emotional testing that can lead to deaths, incarceration, and injuries.

    Adamson University, anti-hazing, fraternities, Hazing, John Matthew Sallilig, Ronnel Baguio, sororities, Tau Gamma Phi

  • #VERAFIED FACT SHEET: Why is Comelec challenging the ban on ‘premature campaigning’ for Barangay and SK elections?
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Why is Comelec challenging the ban on ‘premature campaigning’ for Barangay and SK elections?

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 02, 2023 6:38 PM

    Why is Comelec challenging the ban on “premature campaigning” for this year’s barangay and SK elections?

    Barangay and SK elections, comelec, Penera doctrine, Premature campaigning, supreme court

  • Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: How do bike lanes affect traffic?

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 20, 2023 7:34 PM

    A Social Weather Stations survey in 2022 showed that one in four Filipino households owned a bicycle. The figure is higher in Metro Manila, where one in three households had a bike.

    Ayala Avenue, bike, BIKE LANES, Makati, road safety, sharrows, traffic

  • thumbnail FS ASIN
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Problems rocking the salt industry?

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 26, 2023 6:31 PM

    Sen. Cynthia Villar, who chairs the committee, said Republic Act No. 8172, known as the Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN), has become a “deterrent” to the development of the industry that produced 300,000 metric tons of salt in 1994, a year before ASIN became law.

    Agriculture, asin, Cynthia Villar, farmer, iodized salt

  • Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the risks of orbital debris to Filipinos

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 20, 2023 1:54 PM

    In two weeks, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) issued two advisories warning the public of the potential risks of falling debris from two space rockets launched by China.  On Jan. 9, PhilSA alerted the public on the projected drop zones of rocket boosters and other debris from Long March 7A, which was launched early that […]

    China, debris, NASA, Philippine Space Agency, space

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