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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: A relentless stream of red-tagging in 2022

By VERA Files | Dec 19, 2022 8:00 AM

Baseless and unproven accusations linking prominent political figures to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military arm, the New People’s Army (NPA), continue circulating online two years after the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 took effect.

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Fact Check Filipino

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pagbibigay-katwiran ng Justice Secretary sa red-tagging ng gobyerno nakaliligaw

By VERA Files | Oct 14, 2022 9:02 AM

Sa ika-136 na sesyon ng United Nations Human Rights Committee sa Geneva noong Oktubre 10, binigyang-katwiran ni Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla ang red-tagging ng gobyerno sa mga kritiko na pinaniniwalaan nilang nakikiisa sa Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). Ito ay nakaliligaw.

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FACT CHECK NED FC

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Justice Secretary’s justification of government red-tagging misleads

By VERA Files | Oct 14, 2022 9:02 AM

During the 136th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva on Oct. 10, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla justified red-tagging by government of critics who they believe to be sympathetic to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). This is misleading.

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Red-baiting? Baduy

By Christian Esguerra | Sep 30, 2022 9:33 PM

Taktika ba para tabunan ang matitinding issues?

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FACT CHECK

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Badoy DID NOT call community pantry patrons ‘communists’

By VERA Files | Apr 21, 2021 9:36 PM

Badoy, who also serves as a spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), denied in an April 20 Facebook (FB) post that she made such a pronouncement, calling the made-up quote a “piece of fake news.”

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