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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: When is your vote considered ‘official’? 3 things you need to know

By VERA Files | May 13, 2022 3:50 PM

The figures reflected in transparency servers are unofficial. Only the respective board of canvassers (BOC) for each level have the power to produce the certificate of canvass (COC) that would be used to officially proclaim the winners of various positions.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What it means to be ‘unopposed’ in the 2022 polls

By VERA Files | May 04, 2022 6:35 PM

Unopposed candidates need only at least one vote to win, according to the Comelec.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What you need to know about the senatorial candidates

By VERA Files | Apr 27, 2022 9:00 AM

Part 3 of the series covers three stalwart supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte – actor Robin Padilla, former Palace spokesperson Salvador Panelo and former Mindanao Development Authority chairperson and former Agriculture secretary Manny Piñol – and SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta.

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Elections 2022 senatorial candidates: Roque, Teodoro, Tulfo, Villar

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What you need to know about the senatorial candidates

By VERA Files | Apr 26, 2022 9:00 AM

In this seven-part series, VERA Files Fact Check dug up relevant information about select senatorial hopefuls to help the electorate in making the choice. Part 1 covers three candidates who had served in government – former Palace spokesperson Harry Roque, former Defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro and former Public Works secretary Mark Villar – and television-radio host Raffy Tulfo. Villar, if elected, will join his mother, Cynthia Villar, in the Senate.

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Senatorial candidates: Hontiveros, Legarda, Trillanes, Villanueva, Zubiri

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What you need to know about the senatorial candidates

By VERA Files | Apr 26, 2022 9:00 AM

Part 2 of the series covers two former senators – Antonio Trillanes IV and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda – and three incumbents – Joel Villanueva, Migz Zubiri and Risa Hontiveros – who are trying to regain or retain seats in the chamber.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Govt officials’ responsibility to disclose SALNs

By VERA Files | Feb 07, 2022 11:11 AM

Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has said that, if elected, he is “perfectly willing” to release his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN).

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Campaigning during the COVID-19 pandemic

By VERA Files | Feb 03, 2022 4:45 PM

Campaigning for the upcoming May 9 elections will be like no other in the country’s history because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Filipinos will vote for a new set of national and local leaders amid a raging pandemic that has claimed more than 50,000 lives, nearly crippled the economy, and challenged the competence of incumbent officials in addressing the public health crisis.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: When will the COVID-19 pandemic end?

By VERA Files | Jan 31, 2022 8:34 PM

Two years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Duterte administration has signaled the country’s “shift” from a “pandemic paradigm” to learning how to live with the virus in 2022.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: When and how you should take paracetamol

By VERA Files | Jan 14, 2022 3:30 PM

In some parts of the country, people reported a “temporary shortage” of paracetamol brands and flu medication in local pharmacies following a sudden surge in the number of flu-like illnesses and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections after Christmas and due to the spread of the Omicron variant.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa …? What court documents say about Rizal’s trial and execution

By VERA Files | Dec 29, 2021 1:00 PM

Two days before the nation welcomes another year, Filipinos will commemorate Jose Rizal’s execution on Dec. 30, which the late president Emilio Aguinaldo first declared a holiday on Dec. 20, 1898.

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