FACT CHECK: Old video MISREPRESENTS as Aug. 30 flooding in Quezon City
A video circulating on Facebook claims to show footage of a raging flood supposedly on Quezon Avenue in Quezon City on Aug. 30. This is false.
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Flooded Saturday in Quezon City
The Senate investigation on alleged corruption in the implementation of flood control projects made last Saturday’s experience more infuriating.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE report on robbery incidents in Quezon City resurfaces
Netizens circulated a report on armed robberies that supposedly took place in restaurants in Quezon City recently. This is false.
Allowing Earth to breathe for 60 minutes
Metro Manila residents who care for the world we live in gather in the evening of March 25 at the Quezon Memorial Circle for the symbolic 60-minute switching off of lights as their contribution to save Mother Earth from man-made degradation.
Gusto kong mag-bike, pero … safe ba?
Paano magiging ligtas gamitin ang bike lanes?
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video does NOT show Bongbong-Sara supporters filling up ‘EDSA’
The clip does show a Bongbong-Sara motorcade, but it was neither recent nor taken at EDSA.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens share FAKE poster of Belmonte congratulating Hidilyn Diaz
"While it is true that I join the rest of the country in celebrating the historic Olympic gold medal win of Hidilyn Diaz, it is absolutely untrue that the fake "congratulatory message" using my picture (and now circulating online) came from me, or anyone from the Quezon City government."
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on Angel Locsin ‘going to prison’ MISLEADING
The post is misleading. There is no ongoing case or arrest warrant against Locsin.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang pinsalang nagagawa sa mundo ng mga plastik na single-use (at bakit ipinagbabawal ito sa Lungsod ng Quezon)
Taun-taon, ang "pangkaraniwang" Pilipino ay gumagamit ng 591 piraso ng sachet, 174 shopping bag, at 163 plastic labo bag bawat taon, kaya’t ang single-use disposable plastik ang "pinakamalaking balakid sa maayos na waste at resource management,” ayon sa ulat ng 2019 ng environmental organization na Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA).
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The harm that single-use plastics do to earth (and why it is banned in Quezon City)
Every year, the “average” Filipino uses 591 pieces of sachets, 174 shopping bags, and 163 plastic labo bags every year, making single-use disposable plastics “the greatest obstacle to sound waste and resource management,” according to a 2019 report by environmental organization Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA).