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Nov 19, 2024

Revisiting Bongbong’s 1981 ‘New Jersey Turnpike episode’

There is something oddly appropriate about relatives of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.—namely his cousin, Philippine ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez and his sister, Sen. Imee Marcos—expressing concern about their undocumented countrymen being deported from the US under another Trump presidency, given that the American government once wanted a US-based Bongbong to return to his homeland following, of all things, a traffic violation.

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Revisiting Bongbong’s 1981 ‘New Jersey Turnpike episode’

Jul 22, 2024

PH, China agree, disagree over breakthrough agreement

Hours before the President's SONA declaration, Filipino and Chinese diplomats simultaneously announced the arrangement they agreed on for the rotation and resupply (RORE) to the Philippine Marines stationed at BRP Sierra Made on Ayungin Shoal (international name: Second Thomas Shoal and Chinese name: Ren’ai Jiao).

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PH, China agree, disagree over breakthrough agreement

Mar 9, 2024

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos na ‘hindi totoo,’ ‘propaganda’ ang mga kaso ng ill-gotten wealth HINDI TOTOO

Hindi bababa sa tatlong kaso sa Korte Suprema ang nagpapatunay sa pagkakaroon ng ill-gotten wealth ng pamilya Marcos. Sa lahat ng tatlong kaso, iniutos ng SC ang pagbawi ng mga ari-arian na ito pabor sa gobyerno ng Pilipinas.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos na ‘hindi totoo,’ ‘propaganda’ ang mga kaso ng ill-gotten wealth HINDI TOTOO

Jan 1, 2024

Kumusta na ang UniTeam?

Bago tayo mag-goodbye sa 2023, pag-usapan at suriin muna natin 'yung mga na-fact check mula January hanggang December. Para sa ikatlong serye, ano na nga ba ang estado ng Marcos-Duterte alliance, ang UniTeam? Pakinggan ang kwentuhan ng VERA Files reporters sa ika-32 na episode ng What The F?! Podcast.

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Dec 31, 2023

Pagpapabango sa pangalang Marcos

Bago tayo mag-goodbye sa 2023, pag-usapan at suriin muna natin 'yung mga na-fact check mula January hanggang December. Para sa ikalawang serye, alamin ang mga misinformation at disinformation na kumalat sa unang taon ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., kasama ang VERA Files reporters. Pakinggan dito sa ika-31 episode ng What The F?! Podcast.

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Dec 20, 2023

VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Bigas, hot topic sa disinformation tungkol sa agrikultura

Sa isyu ng disinformation sa agrikultura, nakapag-monitor ang VERA Files Fact Check ng 15 pahayag ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno at online posts. Labintatlo rito ay tungkol sa bigas at siyam ang direktang tumutukoy sa pagpapababa ng presyo nito.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Bigas, hot topic sa disinformation tungkol sa agrikultura

Dec 19, 2023

VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Pangako o Pangarap? Marcos Jr.’s doublespeak

Political doublespeak: omission, diversion and confusion, characterized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s first full year in office. More than half of his claims in 2023 lacked context, were flip-flops, or misleading.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Pangako o Pangarap? Marcos Jr.’s doublespeak

Dec 18, 2023

VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: How false narratives and clickbait fabricate Marcos’ image

In the social media landscape this year, disinformation peddlers sketched an image of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as a decisive leader who fired errant officials and as a figure sought by foreign leaders for his wealth.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: How false narratives and clickbait fabricate Marcos’ image

Dec 18, 2023

VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Propping up the Marcos image through disinformation

From clickbait headlines of videos to patently false claims, the allegations that he fired several errant government officials, withdrew wealth from foreign countries or that the Maharlika Fund will collate national wealth and pay the country’s debts all seemed to prop up President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s image.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Propping up the Marcos image through disinformation

Dec 17, 2023

VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: The Phantom of Duterte’s Disinformation Opera

Misleading claims of former president Rodrigo Duterte on the jurisdiction of the ICC continued to haunt the disinformation landscape in 2023 even as the current administration now considers cooperating in the tribunal’s ongoing probe into the bloody drug war.

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