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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Electricity cost in Ilocos Norte NOT cheaper than Metro Manila rate

By VERA Files | Jan 28, 2022 5:05 PM
According to Ilocos Norte Cooperative Inc., the region’s electricity provider, the residential rate of electricity for January this year amounts to P12.7538 per kWh, not including the value-added tax (VAT). This is higher compared to the November 2021 rate of P10.4705 per kWh.

electricity cost, Ilocos Norte, Metro Manila

Categories Fact Check Filipino
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Paano ihahambing ang ‘circuit breaker’ sa pinakabagong resolusyon ng IATF?

By VERA Files | Mar 25, 2021 5:03 PM
Maraming mga Facebook user ang nagkalat noong nakaraang linggo ng isang “anunsyo” umano tungkol sa isang “circuit-breaker lockdown” sa Metro Manila nang hindi bababa sa dalawang linggo simula Marso 22 kasunod ng biglang bugso ng mga kaso ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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Categories FACT CHECK Health News
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: How does a ‘circuit breaker’ compare with the latest IATF resolution?

By VERA Files | Mar 25, 2021 4:04 PM
Several Facebook users circulated last weekend a supposed “announcement” about a “circuit-breaker lockdown” in Metro Manila for at least two weeks starting March 22 following a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections.

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Categories Editor's Pick News
The transformation of Metro Manila in the time of COVID-19

By Luis Liwanag | Apr 23, 2020 1:21 PM
More and more, President Duterte is giving the uniformed personnel a bigger role in the implementation of the Luzon-wide lockdown he imposed beginning March 16 to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus that has rampaging in all parts of the world claiming lives of hundreds of thousands. In the thousands have been afflicted. While over 600 have recovered, more than 500 have died.

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Categories Editor's Pick News
Hunger does not know social distancing

By Luis Liwanag | Apr 02, 2020 9:22 PM
The promised food and money assistance finally came the day after violence broke out Wednesday when residents of Sitio San Roque in Quezon City staged a protest against the city government neglect of them three weeks into the lockdown due to COVID-19.

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Categories Arts & Culture Editor's Pick News
Metro Manila in the time of COVID-19

By Luis Liwanag | Mar 30, 2020 3:15 PM
Beneath the silence of the streets devoid of moving vehicles, the feeling of anxiety, fear and sadness is deeply palpable.

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Categories Fact Check Filipino
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bong Go mali sa pahayag na hindi ipinangako ni Duterte na lulutasin niya ang problema sa trapiko ng Metro Manila

By VERA Files | Oct 25, 2019 10:10 AM
Mali ang pahayag ni Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, ang dating Special Assistant to the President, na hindi nangako si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na lutasin ang pagsisikip ng trapiko sa Metro Manila.

Metro Manila, traffic

Categories FACT CHECK News
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bong Go falsely claims Duterte never promised to solve Metro Manila’s traffic woes

By VERA Files | Oct 25, 2019 8:37 AM
Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, the former Special Assistant to the President, falsely claimed President Rodrigo Duterte did not promise to solve the traffic congestion in Metro Manila.

Metro Manila, traffic

Categories Fact Check Filipino
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MMDA Spox Celine Pialago mali sa pahayag na walang ginawa ang gobyerno para lutasin ang trapiko sa Metro Manila sa loob ng 40 taon

By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2019 5:48 PM
Mali si Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago sa pagsabing walang naitayo na anumang imprastraktura o ginawang paraan ang gobyerno para malutas ang matinding trapiko sa Metro Manila sa nakaraang 40 taon. Ang MMDA mismo ay itinatag 24 taon na ang nakalilipas upang matugunan iyon.

Metro Manila, traffic

Categories FACT CHECK News
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MMDA Spox Celine Pialago wrongly claims no gov’t efforts to solve Metro Manila traffic in past 40 years

By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2019 11:48 AM
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago is wrong in saying the government has not built any infrastructure or made any effort to solve the traffic congestion in Metro Manila in the past 40 years. MMDA in itself was established 24 years ago to address that.

Metro Manila, traffic