FACT CHECK: Comelec backtracks on banning premature campaigning in 2025 polls
From saying it will ban premature campaigning in the 2025 polls, Comelec now says it cannot circumvent the 2007 law that repealed the restriction.
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Can Marcos sustain ‘caring’ persona shown in SONA?
After the standing ovations and thunderous applause in the SONA, the president should work much harder now. The midterm election is still 10 months away, and many things could still happen in between.
2025 elections: Will more transparency translate to credible results?
The ball is still in the individual voters to make the election results credible by actively participating in the process, being discerning, and making sure that votes are counted properly.
FACT CHECK: Duterte changes tune on 2025 elections bid
Former president Rodrigo Duterte said in 2023 he will come out of retirement if Vice President Sara Duterte is impeached.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte binago ang plano sa 2025 elections bid
Noong Nobyembre, sinabi ng 78-anyos na si Duterte na tatakbo siya sa pagka-senador o bise-presidente kung ma-impeach ang kanyang anak na si Vice President Sara Duterte.
Ano ba ang ambag ng SK?
Para saan ba ang Sangguniang Kabataan at ano ang ambag nito sa demokrasya?
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Si Quezon ang unang majority president ng Pilipinas, hindi si Marcos Jr. gaya ng sinasabi ni Gadon
Manuel L. Quezon ang unang majority president ng bansa nakakuha ng 695,332 boto, o humigit-kumulang 68% ng mahigit 1.02 milyong boto noong 1935 elections.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Quezon was the Philippines’ first majority president, not Marcos Jr., as Gadon claims
Manuel L. Quezon was the first president elected by a majority of Filipinos with 67.99% of the total votes cast in 1935, while Ramon Magsaysay holds the record for the president who won with the highest percentage of 68.90% which he gained in the 1935 elections.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Bakit hindi sinusunod ng Comelec ang pagbabawal sa ‘premature campaigning’ sa Barangay at SK elections?
Bakit isinasantabi ng Comelec ang pagbabawal sa “premature campaigning” sa barangay at SK elections ngayong taon?
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: As video is king, misinformation takes its throne in TikTok era
(Part 2 of 2) Videos were the weapon of choice for disinformation creators in the last national elections. Over a third, or 82 out of 218 content fact-checked by VERA Files, came in this format. TikTok published 45 of these.
