Oh, my gulay!
No matter how high one's awareness is about the importance of eating nutritious food, it becomes useless when prices are unaffordable.
Tag Archives: Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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: Pag-unawa sa kalagayan ng mga Pilipinong seafarer
Nasa 50,000 Filipino seafarers na nagtratrabaho sa European vessels ang malalagay sa panganib kung ang Pilipinas ay hindi nagpakita ng "seryosong pagsisikap" na sumunod sa mga kinakailangan ng EC sa pagsubaybay, pangangasiwa at pagsusuri ng pagsasanay at pagtatasa.
FACT SHEET: Understanding the plight of Filipino seafarers
Around 50,000 Filipino seafarers working on European vessels would have been put at risk had the Philippines not shown “serious efforts” to comply with the European Commission's International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report ni Marcos sa SONA tungkol sa 6.4% GDP growth rate nangangailangan ng konteksto
Iniulat ni Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) national statistician Claire Dennis Mapa noong Mayo 11 na ang 6.4% GDP growth sa unang quarter ng 2023 ay "ang pinakamababang paglago na nairehistro pagkatapos ng pitong quarters nang magsimulang makabangon ang bansa mula sa pandemic sa ikalawang quarter ng 2021.”
FACT CHECK: Marcos’ report on 6.4% GDP growth rate in SONA needs context
Philippine Statistics Authority national statistician Claire Dennis Mapa reported on May 11 that the 6.4% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2023 was “the lowest growth registered after seven quarters when the country started to recover from the pandemic in the second quarter of 2021.”
Drug war victims dare Marcos: Probe Duterte, Dela Rosa for ‘tokhang’ killings
If the Philippine government refuses to cooperate with an international inquiry of the bloody “Tokhang” operations during the Duterte administration, then it should undertake an investigation of the alleged role of former president Rodrigo Duterte to show it is not protecting perpetrators of crimes against humanity and other atrocities. The demand for a probe came
Can the U.S. invoke MDT if its vessel is attacked while aiding Taiwan vs China?
Can the U.S. invoke MDT if its vessel is attacked while aiding Taiwan vs China?Retired Justice Antonio Carpio: No
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr.’s repeat claim that rice is now at P25 per kilo needs context
While Marcos is correct that well-milled rice can be bought at P25 per kilo, he stopped short of saying that this is available only at the Kadiwa stores managed by the National Food Authority.
