VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages MISLEAD with old report on NPA burning 7 trucks
The report is over five years old.
The report is over five years old.
A story by website filipnews.org published on Nov. 30 claiming that a certain "Ka Tina" has been recruiting students to join the rebel New People's Army is fake news.
Three days after it published a report concerning Sen. Risa Hontiveros, which VERA Files found to be fake, website ddsnewsfiles.xyz published on Nov. 25 another fabricated story: one claiming that a commander of rebel group New People's Army said Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is one of their financiers.
A netizen's online post last Nov. 18 claiming thousands of rubber slippers bearing the name of Vice President Leni Robredo were found in an abandoned camp of the New People's Army is erroneous.
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS CENTERLAW, a non-government organization dedicated to the promotion of the Rule of Law in the Philippines and Asia, reminded President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte that as president of the Philippines, which he will be in 23 days, he is legally bound to ensure that every one within Philippine sovereignty is accorded due