VERA Files
On the day overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara was buried, another unrelated video circulated on social media, passed off as the arrest of the suspect in her rape-slay. The video was taken in Saudi Arabia, not Kuwait.
A video is circulating on Facebook (FB) purportedly showing the parents of the alleged killer of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara pleading for the life of their child. This is not true. The video is about a different case in Iran.
Amid news of the brutal killing of overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jullebee Ranara whose charred remains were left in the middle of a Kuwaiti desert, a video circulated on Facebook (FB) showing her alleged murderer. This is not true. The footage is that of a suspect in a teen murder case in the U.S. in 2019.
In appealing to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to seek clemency for Mary Jane Veloso, an overseas worker from Nueva Ecija languishing in death row in Indonesia for smuggling heroin into that country, her father, Cesar, said that the two previous presidents were unable to help with the case. This is false.
Sa pag-apela kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na humingi ng kapatawaran para kay Mary Jane Veloso, isang overseas worker mula sa Nueva Ecija na nasa death row sa Indonesia dahil sa pagpuslit ng heroin sa bansang iyon, sinabi ng kanyang ama na si Cesar na hindi nakatulong ang dalawang naunang presidente sa kaso. Ito ay hindi totoo.
Social media ang pangunahing tulay ng halos dalawang milyong overseas Filipino workers sa kanilang pamilyang naiwan dito sa Pilipinas, at dito rin sila kumukuha ng balita.