VERA Files
Every new year, there is a curious tradition in Minalin, Pampanga where menfolk cross-dressed and join a parade and even join beauty local contests.
Old videos where the late senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. showed his support for the legalization of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) were resurrected to refute claims that the late senator was a “hero.” This needs context. The former opposition leader had said that the communist organization […]
A netizen posted a graphic of former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and claimed that he was a convicted criminal. This needs context. “Ninoy Aquino is a Convicted Criminal; NOT a hero,” read the claim that accompanied a photo of the late opposition leader. It was posted on Facebook on Aug. 29, when the country […]
Upon his arrival in the Philippines on Aug. 21, 1983, former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. was carrying Philippine-issued travel documents, not Malaysian, as falsely claimed by a video posted on YouTube and Facebook (FB). YouTube channel WHISTLE-BLOWER PH and FB page GMA News TH posted a video on Aug. 22 and 23, respectively, showing […]
August 21, 2022 is the first Ninoy Aquino Day to be observed under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Based on social media posts, Marcos loyalists are, of course, not keen on commemorating the legally declared holiday which marks the assassination of the former senator and main political rival of the Chief Executive’s father.
Of the many new names gamely proposed by some readers for the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in a bid to satirize the proposed bill of Congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr., MAFIA — for Meldy and Ferdie International Airport — was the most impressive.
A Facebook (FB) page reuploaded a June 21 TikTok video with erroneous claims on historical events related to the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), and the late former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. There is no basis to the claim that Ninoy Aquino talked to Joma Sison and Nur […]
Many of the bronze busts, statues and monuments were not built during the terms of both Aquinos. Some of the statues were also privately funded or donated by artists.
A nearly three-year-old Facebook post against the Aquino family is being revived online.
That the opposition leader during the Marcos dictatorship founded two rebel organizations which prompted the declaration of martial law is unsubstantiated.