VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Story claiming nightly gadget use can cause eye cancer MISLEADING
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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Duterte’s oxygen concentrator
Photos of President Rodrigo Duterte showing a blue contraption beside his bed in his residence in Davao City surfaced online on his birthday on May 28.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was Duterte’s chest pain checkup ‘just a story’?
The Press Secretary is the liaison between the government, the public and the media. One of his functions is to clarify, confirm or deny information that the media ask him for confirmation.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on missing APEC dinner and photo shoot
Duterte flip-flops on missing APEC dinner and photo shoot from VERA Files on Vimeo. AFTER missing the U.S.-Asean meeting last September, President Rodrigo Duterte once again skipped a scheduled meeting with other world leaders. Duterte was a no-show at the gala dinner and the traditional leaders’ photo shoot during the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)
Stricter tobacco control needed in PH despite decline in use
By JAKE SORIANO DESPITE a drop in the number of smokers, the Philippines still needs to adopt “more drastic measures” to further reduce tobacco use, said an anti-smoking advocate and cancer survivor. Emer Rojas, who uses an electrolarynx and is described as a walking graphic health warning against smoking, said measures such as raising the