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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ninoy Aquino was NOT a CPP co-founder

By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2023 6:19 PM

A vlogger has resurrected an oft-repeated claim about the late senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr being a co-founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). This claim has no basis. On Sept. 4, a vlogger behind the Facebook (FB) page AdminRich claimed: “Noong 1968, December 26, 1968, itinatag naman ni Joma Sison ang founder, […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Paratang ni Quiboloy na ‘hindi pinakikialaman’ ng Commission on Human Rights ang mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao ng New People’s Army hindi totoo

By VERA Files | Sep 01, 2023 12:52 PM

Iniimbestigahan ng CHR ang mga pagpatay na ginawa umano ng New People’s Army (NPA). Naglunsad ito ng hindi bababa sa dalawang imbestigasyon noong Abril ngayong taon, at dalawa pa noong 2022; ang isa noong Hunyo at ang isa noong Oktubre.

Apollo Quiboloy, Commission on Human Rights, CPP, drug war, ICC, NDF, NPA, SMNI

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Quiboloy falsely claims Commission on Human Rights ‘doesn’t pry’ into human rights violations of the New People’s Army

By VERA Files | Sep 01, 2023 12:52 PM

The CHR investigates killings allegedly committed by the NPA. It launched at least two probes in April this year, and another two in May and October 2022.

Apollo Quiboloy, Commission on Human Rights, CPP, drug war, ICC, NDF, NPA, SMNI

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NTF-ELCAC official’s claim that international community made ‘a strong statement’ and ‘position’ on CPP-NPA needs context

By VERA Files | Sep 30, 2022 1:00 PM

Other countries’ declaration of an entity as “terrorist” is not part of the Philippines’ requirements to designate groups as “terrorist” under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020.

Anti-Terrorism Act, CPP, Department of Justice, NPA, NTF-ELCAC, supreme court, terrorist

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: AFP is NOT court-martialing Legarda

By VERA Files | Sep 08, 2022 2:48 PM

A video falsely claims that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) wants to punish Sen. Loren Legarda for allegedly defending communist groups. In a Sept. 4 video by the Facebook page Duterte Info News about “the skeletons in Legarda’s closet,” a narrator said: “Nais din ng Armed Forces of the Philippines na tanggalin si […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Legarda statements on CPP twisted to MISLEAD

By VERA Files | Sep 08, 2022 2:22 PM

Several Facebook (FB) accounts are circulating statements attributed to Sen. Loren Legarda regarding Leftist groups and ideology. These quote cards are misleading. The FB posts twisted what Legarda said during a Senate session on Aug. 30. First posted on Aug. 31 by an FB user, the inaccurate posts carried this quote juxtaposed with a photo […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING TikTok video links Noynoy Aquino with NPA

By VERA Files | Jul 19, 2022 3:19 PM

A TikTok video with over 9,000 views is misleading netizens by associating the late president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III with the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Replying to a netizen’s comment saying Aquino “did nothing for the country,” the pro-Uniteam TikTok account @philippinearmy01 spliced together […]

CPP, Noynoy Aquino, NPA

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that CPP founder Joma Sison ‘advises’ Robredo presidential campaign has no basis

By VERA FILES | Apr 25, 2022 11:59 AM

In an email to VERA Files Fact Check, Sison said he has neither been advising Robredo nor consulting with her spokesperson Barry Gutierrez.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag na pinapayuhan ni CPP founder Joma Sison ang Robredo presidential campaign walang basehan

By VERA Files | Apr 25, 2022 12:52 AM

Walang inaamin si Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison na “pinapayuhan” niya si Vice President Leni Robredo sa kanyang presidential bid, taliwas sa mga sinasabing kumakalat sa social media.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Joma Sison is NOT dead, denies rumors

By VERA Files | Feb 12, 2022 8:37 AM

The death hoax circulated a day before Sison’s 83rd birthday.

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