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Tag: Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

  • VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Romualdez misleads with claim that price ceiling on rice set by Marcos has affected world market
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Romualdez misleads with claim that price ceiling on rice set by Marcos has affected world market

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 21, 2023 5:37 PM

    In a press release published on his Facebook page, House Speaker Martin Romualdez claimed that the “huge reduction of the prices of rice in the global market” has been partly due to the implementation of a local price ceiling. This is misleading. STATEMENT In a Sept. 7 Facebook post, Romualdez shared a photo of a […]

    Agriculture, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Martin Romualdez, price, price cap, Rice

  • PIA photo. Marcos travel
    Categories Commentary

    Travel more, eat less

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Sep 11, 2023 11:30 AM

    The proposed 2024 budget shows the administration’s priorities for spending: a 58% increase in the president’s travel funds, while the agriculture sector gets a measly 6% more than its budget this year.

    budget, department of agriculture, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Marcos travels, travel fund

  • Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Bakit problema ang underspending ng gobyerno?

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 11, 2023 7:12 AM

    Nanguna sa listahan ang Department of Information and Communications Technology na may 5.6% utilization rate lamang. Bakit mahalagang tugunan ang underspending ng mga tanggapan ng gobyerno? Narito ang mga bagay na kailangan mong malaman.

    Department of Budget and Management, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., paggamit ng budget, underspending

  • Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Why is government underspending a problem?

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 11, 2023 7:12 AM

    In a sectoral meeting in Malacañang on Aug. 15, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed agencies to address underspending and improve their budget utilization. The growth in government underspending in the second quarter of the year has been a concern raised during budget briefings both in the Senate and the House of Representatives over the past […]

    budget utilization, Department of Budget and Management, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., underspending

  • BBM
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos sa pagtaas ng presyo ng bigas sumasalungat sa EO

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 11, 2023 6:51 AM

    Ito ay sumasalungat sa Executive Order (EO) No. 39 ni Marcos na binanggit ang ulat mula sa DA at Department of Trade and Industry na ang “global events” ay nakaimpluwensya rin sa pagtaas ng presyo.

    department of agriculture, Executive Order No. 39, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., hoarding, presyo ng bigas, smuggling

  • BBM
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on surge in rice prices contradicts EO

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 11, 2023 6:51 AM

    In a recent speech, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. once again pointed at smugglers and hoarders as the sole reason for the increase in rice prices, contradicting his earlier order that cited other global factors driving up costs. STATEMENT Before leaving Manila on Sept. 4 to attend the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Marcos delivered […]

    department of agriculture, Executive Order No. 39, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., hoarding, Rice, smuggling

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang bago sa renewable energy?
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang bago sa renewable energy?

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 25, 2023 6:03 PM

    Ibinida ni President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ang renewable energy sa kanyang State of the Nation Address noong July 24. Bakit ito priority ng Marcos administration?

    Ferdinand Marcos Jr., renewable energy, SONA

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Logo na naman?
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Logo na naman?

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 21, 2023 1:45 PM

    Hindi pa nakauusad ang publiko sa nangyari sa “Love the Philippines” slogan ng Department of Tourism, sinundan agad ito ng bagong logo ng PAGCOR at ng paglulunsad ng “Bagong Pilipinas” slogan ng Malacañang.

    Bagong Pilipinas, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., logo, Love the Philippines, PAGCOR

  • gulay
    Categories Commentary

    Oh, my gulay!

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Aug 21, 2023 11:30 AM

    No matter how high one’s awareness is about the importance of eating nutritious food, it becomes useless when prices are unaffordable.

    Agriculture, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., food prices, gulay

  • Photo by Joey O. Razon from the Philippine News Agency
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Si Quezon ang unang majority president ng Pilipinas, hindi si Marcos Jr. gaya ng sinasabi ni Gadon

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 19, 2023 7:01 PM

    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.

    elections, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Manuel L. Quezon, Ramon Magsaysay

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