VERA Files
In a press conference on Nov. 21, Justice Secretary Boying Remulla defended the decision of the Philippine delegation to reject the United Nations Human Rights Council’s recommendation to decriminalize abortion. […]
Dahil sa nakagugulantang na presyo ng mga bilihin dala ng pag-arangkada ng inflation sa bansa, pa’no nga ba nag-a-adjust ang millennials at Gen Zs? Pakinggan ang kwentuhan ng VERA Files reporters sa Episode 16 ng What The F?! Podcast.
Sa pagtatapos ng kanyang apat na araw na biyahe sa Cambodia para sa ika-40 at ika-41 ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, humarap si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. sa Filipino community doon kung saan muli niyang sinabi na nakuha niya noong nakaraang Mayo ang “pinakamaraming boto” sa kasaysayan ng eleksyon sa Pilipinas. Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.
While Marcos did garner the highest number of votes in Philippine electoral history, his share of the vote (58.7%) in the May 2022 balloting is only the country’s third highest vote percentage, next to former presidents Manuel L. Quezon (67.9%, 1935) and Ramon Magsaysay (68.9%, 1953).
Press freedom in the Philippines does not fare better than Singapore and Malaysia, according to the Paris-based World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders.
Iginiit na “hindi patas” ang ginawa ng Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) ng United Nations na ipahayag ang kanilang mga alalahanin sa mga ulat ng mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa bansa, kabilang ang pagkakapatay sa mamamahayag na si Percy Lapid, maling iginiit ni Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri na ang Pilipinas ay may “napakamalayang media” kumpara sa mga bansang tulad ng Malaysia, Singapore at Vietnam.
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. received the highest number of votes in Philippine history in the May 2022 elections, hence the public should “move on” from Martial Law. This needs context.
In his inaugural speech on June 30, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. claimed to have the biggest electoral mandate in Philippine history. This needs context.
With a Covid-19 death in the family, the unthinkable in Philippine life has happened. No wakes, and not even a last look and a last goodbye. Cremation must be done within 12 hours of death. Only an urn is handed back to the family. Such is the reality of the pandemic amongst us.
Ipinahayag ni Communications Secretary Martin Andanar sa isang panayam sa radyo noong Okt. 12 na ang Pilipinas ay hindi na kabilang sa mga pinaka-delikadong bansa sa mundo para sa mga mamamahayag dahil sa “mabilis na resolusyon” ng Maguindanao massacre noong 2019, na, aniya, ay bahagi ng legacy ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.