VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens resurface FAKE Vico Sotto quote on electing a leader
The Pasig City mayor said no such thing. It’s an altered quote card.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says he’s barred from seeking public office after his term. Is that so?
President Rodrigo Duterte falsely claimed he is barred from seeking “any public office” after his term expires.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sabi ni Duterte hindi siya maaaring kumandidato pa matapos ang kanyang termino. Ganoon ba?
Sa isang talumpati noong Marso 10, si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ay nagbitaw ng maling pahayag na siya ay hindi na puwedeng tumakbo para sa "anumang pampublikong posisyon" pagkatapos ng kanyang termino.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte was already campaigning as early as 2015
It could have been a slip, except the president says it is the “truth.” President Rodrigo Duterte, recalling his meeting two years ago with former president Benigno Aquino III on the day of the Mamasapano encounter, said he was in Zamboanga City to “campaign.”
Survey: Teachers take the lead in helping voters with disabilities
By DANIEL ABUNALES THE disability sector still faces a host of challenges, but at least when it comes to voting, persons with disabilities (PWDs) are getting some help. In a recent survey, Alyansa ng may Kapanansanang Pinoy (AKAP-Pinoy) said the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in the May 9 polls were sensitive enough to the
PWDs keen on local absentee voting
By FEONA IMPERIAL ADVOCATES are pushing for absentee voting for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the next elections. Given the option to vote way ahead of polling day, PWDs no longer have to endure polling places and inaccessible physical environments on election day, Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga, executive director of the National Council on Disability Affairs told
Trillanes: I’ve done my part to expose Duterte’s wrongdoings
By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL HIS exposés on Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s supposed hidden wealth and wrongdoings as chief executive of Davao City might seem to have come too late as the presidential derby enters its homestretch. “Pero hindi po ako nagkulang (But I have done my part,)” said Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV who himself is running for
Low turnout of PWD voters in metro-wide mall registration
[metaslider id=32200] By VERA FILES THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday launched a satellite voter registration and validation in several shopping malls in Metro Manila, but turnout was low. A combination of heavy rain and lack of information dissemination hampered the registration of persons with disabilities and other voters. In five areas, Comelec personnel
Live entertainment woos QC voters on registration day
By JAKE SORIANO Photos and video by DANIEL ABUNALES IT was not a typical scene during voters’ registration. Hundreds of prospective voters from Quezon City, including persons with disabilities (PWDs), lined up early morning of Independence Day at a covered court in Barangay Bagumbahay. But while waiting for their turn, they were treated to a
Thousands of ARMM PWD voters still not registered — poll watchdog
By JAKE SORIANO COTABATO City — The May 2016 presidential elections are less than a year away, but only a handful of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are eligible to vote. More than 100,000 PWDs of voting age are still not registered or have not validated their registration