VERA Files
These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them.
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.”
By JAKE SORIANO BARANGAY TUKANALIPAO, Mamasapano, Maguindanao — The skeleton of a new bridge, concrete, now stands close to the old wood one made iconic by the bloody incident six months ago. A sign of further development is a poster, next to the new bridge, announcing a P50 million irrigation system project. The old wood […]
Text, photo and video by JAKE SORIANO A civil society leader and peace advocate warned of a rise in cases of human trafficking among evacuees in Maguindanao, with the continuing conflict in the province. Amina Rasul, president of the Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy (PCID), made the comment during the launch of Friends of […]
By LUZ RIMBAN THE Philippine National Police’s Board of Inquiry is considering the possibility President Benigno Aquino III may have been on top of, or fully aware of, the Jan. 25 Mamasapano operation in Maguindanao that resulted in the death of 44 troopers of the PNP’s Special Action Force. The BOI, now almost done with its […]