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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos kinontra ang DFA, NTF-WPS sa Ayungin Shoal

By VERA Files | Aug 08, 2023 6:44 PM

Ang Ayungin Shoal ay isang low-tide elevation na hindi maaaring angkinin o maging paksa ng isang sovereignty claim sa ilalim ng international law. Malinaw na nakasaad sa final at binding award sa South China Sea arbitration noong Hulyo 12, 2016 na ang Ayungin Shoal ay “nasa loob ng exclusive economic zone at continental shelf ng Pilipinas” kung saan ang Pilipinas ay may sovereign rights at hurisdiksyon, sinabi ng Department of Foreign Affairs sa isang pahayag, na sinang-ayunan ng National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea.

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Look Who’s Talking

By VERA Files | Nov 29, 2021 4:08 PM

What’s the real score? Here’s one take from our listening post.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang paninindigan ng PH gov’t sa industriya ng tabako, novel products

By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2021 11:45 PM

Tumaas ang tensyon sa pagitan ng Department of Health (DOH) at ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sa ikasiyam na sesyon ng Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). Hindi nagkasundo ang dalawang ahensya ng gobyerno sa mga pangunahing isyu na kinasasangkutan ng novel tobacco products.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The PH gov’t stance on tobacco industry, novel products

By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2021 11:30 PM

Tensions ran high between the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) during the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The two government agencies did not see eye to eye on key issues involving novel tobacco products.

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DOH, DFA at loggerheads on tobacco issue in global health meet

By VERA Files | Nov 10, 2021 5:59 PM

As one of the 10 co-heads of the Philippine delegation in the ongoing virtual Conference of the Parties 9 (COP9) of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in Geneva, Switzerland, Locsin described tobacco use as useful and beneficial because “taxes on a vice are called salutary.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Paghingi ng tawad ng asosasyong Tsino mali sa pagsasabi na ang Recto Bank ay teritoryo ng China

By VERA Files | Aug 28, 2019 9:44 PM

Isang samahan ng mga Tsino, sa paghingi ng paumanhin na ipinaabot sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) bunga ng insidente noong Hunyo 9 kung saan isang barkong Tsino ay napalubog ang isang bangka ng mga mangingisda mula sa Pilipinas, ay mali sa pagsasabi na ang Reed Bank, na lokal na kilala bilang Recto Bank, ay bahagi ng Nansha Island Group.

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FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Apology from Chinese association falsely claims Recto Bank is China territory

By VERA Files | Aug 28, 2019 8:51 PM

A Chinese association, in an apology sent to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on the June 9 incident where a Chinese vessel sunk a Philippine fishing boat, is wrong in saying Reed Bank, locally known as Recto Bank, is part of the Nansha Island Group.

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No Duterte fist pump for diplomat Delia Albert

By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Jun 19, 2018 11:37 PM

In the photo of President Duterte with diplomats at the celebration of the 120th anniversary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, distinguished diplomat Delia Albert stood out because she was the only one who was not doing the idiotic fist pump which has become the signature gesture of Duterte and his sycophants.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Timeline of false claims by PH gov’t on UN human rights report

By VERA Files | Oct 05, 2017 8:51 PM

The thread of disinformation dates back to May.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag sa media ng DFA binabaluktot ang katotohanan sa ulat ng Pilipinas tungkol sa karapatang pantao

By VERA FILES | Sep 15, 2017 10:50 PM

Ang inulat ni Cayetano sa UN at pahayag ng DFA na sinasabing “balanse at tumpak” na impormasyon tungkol sa sitwasyon ng karapatang pantao sa bansa sa konteksto ng giyera laban sa droga ay parehong hindi totoo.

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