VERA Files
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
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.
(NAI-UPDATE) Muling pinalutang ni dating senador Juan Ponce Enrile ang hindi napatunayang istorya na ang yumaong lider ng oposisyon na si Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. ang “nag-organisa” ng Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP); ang armadong hukbo nito, ang New People’s Army (NPA); at, Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).