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Categories Fact Check FilipinoVERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang paninindigan ng PH gov’t sa industriya ng tabako, novel products
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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Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK Fact Sheet News Seeing through the Smoke
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The PH gov’t stance on tobacco industry, novel products
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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Categories Editor's Pick News Seeing through the SmokeDOH, DFA at loggerheads on tobacco issue in global health meet
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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Categories Fact Check FilipinoVERA FILES FACT CHECK: Paghingi ng tawad ng asosasyong Tsino mali sa pagsasabi na ang Recto Bank ay teritoryo ng China
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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Categories FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Apology from Chinese association falsely claims Recto Bank is China territory
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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Categories CommentaryNo Duterte fist pump for diplomat Delia Albert
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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Categories FACT CHECK News
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Timeline of false claims by PH gov’t on UN human rights report
The thread of disinformation dates back to May.
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Categories Fact Check FilipinoVERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag sa media ng DFA binabaluktot ang katotohanan sa ulat ng Pilipinas tungkol sa karapatang pantao
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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Categories FACT CHECK NewsVERA FILES FACT CHECK: DFA press release distorts facts about Philippine human rights report
Only eight countries expressed qualified support for PH war on drugs.
