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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim that PH ‘remains on track’ to reach upper middle-income status by 2023 needs context

By VERA Files | Sep 29, 2022 5:23 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that the Philippines remains “on track” to reach upper middle-income status by 2023 “despite the challenges of the pandemic and the global economic upheavals.” This needs context.

Arsenio Balisacan, COVID-19, economy, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., GDP, GNI, middle-income status, NEDA, Pandemic, UNGA

Duterte’s drug war killings rise in Year 2 of the pandemic

By Nixcharl C. Noriega and Larah Vinda Del Mundo | Jan 20, 2022 12:56 PM

Even as the country grappled with new strains of Covid-19 last year, the Duterte government’s drug war continued to claim more lives at the average rate of three deaths every two days.

covid-19PH, drug war, Duterte, Pandemic

News

Virologists as gatekeepers: Local scientists prepare for the next pandemic

By Klaire Ting and Nica Rhiana Hanopol | Nov 30, 2021 9:54 AM

Months after the World Health Organization (WHO) identified COVID-19 as a pandemic, a team of virologists from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) was tasked to focus on a project to assess the pandemic potential of local animals.

COVID-19, DOH, DOST, epidemic, One Health, Pandemic

Arts & Culture

Health lessons from the pandemic

By Elizabeth Lolarga | Oct 28, 2021 7:06 AM

The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic were periods of anxiety, fear, paranoia, even plain cluelessness.

covid-19PH, health lessons, Pandemic

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pre-pandemic photos of Visayas, Mindanao used to contrast current Luzon lockdown

By VERA Files | Apr 08, 2021 9:06 PM

The photos of people swimming and frolicking on the beach in the central and southern regions are misleading.

COVID-19, ECQ, GCQ, LOCKDOWN, Pandemic

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Arts & Culture News

Pandemic alters TV landscape

By Pablo A. Tariman | Jan 16, 2021 9:10 PM

On the 11th month of the pandemic lockdown, TV viewers in Metro Manila and the provinces suddenly found themselves watching a drastic change in TV programming.

ABS-CBN, covid-19PH, Pandemic, TV landscape