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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza nag-share ng pekeng ‘ABS-CBN’ post sa GCQ guideline para sa mga senior citizen

By VERA Files | May 05, 2020 10:53 AM

Dumadagdag sa mga panawagan na huwag irenew ang prangkisa ng ABS-CBN, inilathala ni dating broadcaster Jay Sonza bilang totoo ang isang satirical post na nagsasabing ibinalita ng network na ang mga senior citizen ay papayagan na lumabas sa kanilang bahay sa ilalim ng general community quarantine (GCQ) “kung sila ay sinasamahan ng kanilang mga magulang.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza shares fake ‘ABS-CBN’ post on GCQ guideline for senior citizens

By VERA Files | May 05, 2020 9:56 AM

Adding fuel to calls for the nonrenewal of ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise, former broadcaster Jay Sonza published as true a satirical post claiming the network reported that senior citizens would be allowed to go out of their house under the general community quarantine (GCQ) only “if they are accompanied by their parents.”

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Arts & Culture News

No more live concerts, ballet and theater seasons for CCP in 2020

By Pablo A. Tariman | May 01, 2020 2:05 PM

The Cultural Center of the Philippines through its Vice-President and Artistic Director Chris Millado announced Thursday via Zoom teleconference all live concerts, ballet presentations, theater seasons and other previously planned shows will have to be cancelled this year.

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The transformation of Metro Manila in the time of COVID-19

By Luis Liwanag | Apr 23, 2020 1:21 PM

More and more, President Duterte is giving the uniformed personnel a bigger role in the implementation of the Luzon-wide lockdown he imposed beginning March 16 to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus that has rampaging in all parts of the world claiming lives of hundreds of thousands. In the thousands have been afflicted. While over 600 have recovered, more than 500 have died.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte inulit ang maling pahayag na una ang PH na mag COVID lockdown sa Asia

By VERA Files | Apr 22, 2020 10:33 PM

Inulit ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kanyang maling pahayag na ang Pilipinas ang unang bansa sa Asia na nagpataw ng isang “lockdown” upang labanan ang pagkalat ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Ito, habang tinatanggi ng mga opisyal ang mga alegasyon na nahuli ang gobyerno sa pagpapatupad ng mga mahigpit na hakbang para makontrol ang pagkalat ng sakit sa bansa.

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Commentary

The importance of up-to-date and accurate data in winning the fight vs Covid-19

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Apr 15, 2020 3:02 AM

Here’s the reply of Dr Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO representative in the Philippines: “It is difficult to make a sensible statement on fatality rate in a context where we do not have a clear picture on the total number of infected cases. Currently the estimated Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of known confirmed cases divided by known confirmed deaths is lower in the Philippines (4 percent) than globally (5 percent), but with the limited testing capacity in the Philippines, all mild and asymptomatic cases are not tested and thus not counted among the total confirmed number of cases, significantly affecting the CFR. “

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte mali ang pahayag na nag utos ng lockdown kontra COVID-19 ang lahat ng mga bansa

By VERA Files | Mar 27, 2020 4:47 PM

Hindi totoo ang sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ang bawat bansa sa buong mundo ay nag utos ng lockdown bilang tugon sa dumadaming mga kaso ng Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

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