#VERAfied: Mindanao newspaper’s claim on Marcos Jr. favoring franchise renewal of ABS-CBN needs context

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ng dyaryo sa Mindanao na pinapaboran ni Marcos Jr. ang pag-renew ng prangkisa ng ABS-CBN nangangailangan ng konteksto

By VERA Files | May 18, 2022 11:48 AM

Sinabi sa Facebook (FB) page ng Mindanao Daily News, isang pahayagan na nakabase sa Cagayan de Oro City, na nag “thumbs up” si presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. sa franchise renewal ng media network na ABS-CBN. Ang pahayag na ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto. Sinabi ni Marcos na hindi niya nakikita kung bakit hindi na dapat ibalik sa ABS-CBN ang prangkisa nito kapag naresolba na nito ang mga nilabag umano nito.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mindanao newspaper’s claim on Marcos Jr. favoring franchise renewal of ABS-CBN needs context

By VERA Files | May 18, 2022 11:42 AM

Marcos did not say that he favors granting a franchise to ABS-CBN. But he did say that the media network should first resolve the issues raised against it before reapplying for a franchise at the House of Representatives’ committee on legislative franchises.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: VP bet Sara Duterte hindi makikialam sa pag-renew ng prangkisa ng ABS-CBN nangangailangan ng konteksto

By VERA Files | Mar 04, 2022 3:10 PM

Umiwas kamakailan si vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio na magbahagi ng kanyang opinyon sa usapin ng pag-renew ng prangkisa ng ABS-CBN. Ngunit dalawang taon na ang nakalilipas, bilang mayor ng Davao City, nagpahayag siya ng suporta para sa pinakamalaking broadcasting network sa bansa.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: VP bet Sara Duterte’s hands-off stand on ABS-CBN franchise renewal needs context

By VERA Files | Mar 04, 2022 2:11 PM

Vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio has recently refrained from sharing her opinion on the matter of ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal. But two years ago, as Davao City mayor, she expressed support for the country’s largest broadcasting network.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: YouTube channels WRONGLY claim Chel Diokno ‘involved’ in ABS-CBN loan debacle

By VERA Files | Feb 24, 2021 9:02 PM

Nowhere in the hearing did DBP representatives discredit the former senatorial candidate.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: These photos of nuns are from DIFFERENT years

By VERA Files | Jul 31, 2020 9:52 AM

The two photos show a different set of nuns in different places at different times.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Defensor mali sa paggiit na PDRs ay katumbas ng pagmamay-ari ng mga dayuhan

By VERA Files | Jul 28, 2020 1:08 PM

Ang pag isyu ng Philippine Depositary Receipts (PDR) sa mga dayuhan ay hindi kapareho ng pagbibigay sa kanila ng aktuwal na pagmamay-ari, taliwas sa pahayag ni ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor tungkol sa pagbasura sa aplikasyon para sa prangkisa ng ABS-CBN.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Defensor mistakes PDRs for foreign ownership

By VERA Files | Jul 28, 2020 12:19 PM

Issuing Philippine Depositary Receipts (PDRs) to foreigners does not equate to granting them actual ownership, contrary to a statement of ANAKALUSUGAN Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor on the denial of ABS-CBN’s franchise bid.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sites MISLEAD by inaccurately quoting Archbishop Villegas

By VERA Files | Jul 21, 2020 7:07 AM

It twisted the clergyman’s statement about the denial of ABS-CBN’s bid for a new franchise.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang susunod para sa ABS-CBN matapos mawala ang prangkisa?

By VERA Files | Jul 20, 2020 5:14 PM

Sa pangalawang pagkakataon mula noong 1972, isinara ng gobyerno ang broadcast network ABS-CBN, na mag-aalis sa trabaho ng higit sa 11,000 mga manggagawa sa panahong ang ekonomiya ng bansa ay hinahagupit ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

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