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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcoleta mali sa pagsabing ‘itinago’ ng ABS-CBN ang mga babayarang buwis sa pamamagitan ng subsidiary company na Big Dipper

By VERA Files | Feb 10, 2022 2:59 PM

Sinabi ni House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta, isang kandidato para senador sa eleksyon sa Mayo 9, na “itinago” ng media giant na ABS-CBN Corp. ang “tamang halaga” ng mga buwis na dapat nitong bayaran sa pamamagitan ng subsidiary nito, ang Big Dipper. Ito ay hindi totoo.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcoleta wrongly claims ABS-CBN ‘hid’ tax payments through subsidiary company Big Dipper

By VERA Files | Feb 10, 2022 1:37 PM

House Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta, a candidate for senator in the May 9 polls, claimed that media giant ABS-CBN Corp. “hid” the “right amount” of taxes it should pay through its subsidiary, Big Dipper. This is false.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cynthia Villar DID NOT take a swipe at Robredo with ‘ABS-CBN buyout’ statement

By VERA Files | Jan 28, 2022 8:41 PM

This post is fake. Don’t believe it.

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ABS-CBN revives election coalition: Halalan 2022

By Blanch Ancla | Jan 19, 2022 8:14 PM

Its shutdown almost two years ago did not prevent ABS-CBN from reviving Halalan, an election coverage coalition of various universities, election watchdogs, the public and private sector, and media groups that it had been doing in the past elections, for the May 2022 elections.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Duterte na binigay ng LP sa mga Ayala ang water concession hindi totoo

By VERA Files | Oct 22, 2021 11:50 AM

Sa seremonya ng oath-taking ng mga bagong miyembro ng Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) noong Okt. 16, inakusahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang oposisyon na Liberal Party (LP) sa pagbibigay sa mga Ayala, isang kilalang pamilya ng mga negosyante sa bansa, ng water distribution contract. Hindi totoo ang kanyang pahayag.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte falsely claims LP gave water concession to Ayalas

By VERA Files | Oct 22, 2021 10:55 AM

During the oath-taking ceremony of new members of the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) on Oct. 16, 2021, President Rodrigo Duterte accused the opposition Liberal Party (LP) for giving the Ayalas, a prominent business family in the country, a water distribution contract. His claim is false.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte mali sa pahayag na ‘lumabag’ sa pagbabayad ng buwis ang ABS-CBN

By VERA Files | Aug 03, 2021 7:43 PM

Sa kanyang pang-anim at huling State of the Nation Address (SONA) noong Hulyo 26, sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ang higante ng media na ABS-CBN ay hindi nagbabayad ng tamang buwis, idinagdag pa na ang network ay nagbabayad lamang ng isang maliit na porsyento ng dapat na property tax. Ito ay hindi totoo.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte makes false claim on ABS-CBN’s tax ‘violation’

By VERA Files | Aug 03, 2021 5:46 PM

In his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that media giant ABS-CBN has not been paying its taxes properly, adding that the network pays only a small percentage of its supposed property tax. This is false.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post’s claim that ABS-CBN owes gov’t billions NEEDS CONTEXT

By VERA Files | Aug 03, 2021 11:09 AM

The FB post and PNA’s July 26 report both need context, as Duterte’s claim is not true and has already been refuted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) at least twice last year.

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TV regains news audience worldwide during COVID-19 lockdown, but not in PH, online poll shows

By Tatiana Maligro | Jul 05, 2021 10:41 PM

Across the globe, television has regained its audience for news during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but not in the Philippines, due in part to the closure of ABS-CBN in May 2020.

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