VERA Files
For International Fact-Checking Week, fact-checkers convened to discuss what happens when sources of false information can’t take the heat.
Overall, the Commission on Elections said the political exercise was successful.
More than 61 million Filipinos are expected to head to the polls.
The law provides relief for those whose rights have been violated and we are keeping our options open.
Four municipalities that each received more than a billion pesos have failed to publicly disclose how the funds are being spent.
By CHARMAINE DEOGRACIAS THE son of a leader of the Moro National Liberation Front and a Mindanao lawmaker has been in Malaysian custody for almost two months now in connection with the Sept. 2 Davao City bombing, multiple police, military and diplomatic sources said. Datu Mohammad Abduljabbar Sema, 26, was arrested on Nov. […]
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS AMID the many items in media not favorable to Vice President Leni Robredo- LeniLeaks, banned from cabinet meetings, dis-invited by Malacanang in New Year vin d’honneur, drop in satisfaction ratings – another one came up the other day. We were told that the Supreme Court is expected very soon to release […]
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS SHE captured our hearts with her stirring performances in “Sophie’s Choice” and “Deer Hunter.” She helped us forget our problems with enjoyable performers in “Mamma Mia” and “The Devil Wears Prada.” She was a joy to watch in last year’s movie, “Florence Foster Jenkins.” But her acceptance speech for being […]
By KAVI CHONGKITTAVORN BANGKOK, Jan 8 (Reporting ASEAN) – ASEAN is 50 years old this year. That is a milestone for a loosely constructed regional organization, which five countries created at the height of the Cold War, to have come this far. Since then, its member countries have since transformed ASEAN into a […]
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IT was only Thursday last week that Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay, Jr. knew the agony that Filipinos who are applying for a new or renewing their passport had to go through. In a post in my Facebook last Friday, Yasay said: “I am hearing for the first time that there are […]