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Tag: Senate

  • robin padilla
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Listahan ng mga bansang may mga batas sa ‘fake news’ na binanggit ni Sen. Robin Padilla hindi tama

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 05, 2022 3:08 PM

    Sa pagsusulong ng batas laban sa pagkalat ng maling impormasyon online, binanggit ni Sen. Robinhood Padilla ang 15 bansang may mga batas laban sa “fake news.” Ang kanyang listahan, gayunpaman, ay may ilang mga kamalian.

    Anti-Fake News Law, disinformation, misinformation, Robin Padilla, Senate

  • robin padilla
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Robin Padilla cites inaccurate list of countries with ‘fake news’ laws

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 05, 2022 3:08 PM

    In pushing for legislation against the spread of false information online, Sen. Robinhood Padilla enumerated 15 countries that have laws against “fake news.” His list, however, carries some inaccuracies.

    Anti-Fake News Law, disinformation, misinformation, Robin Padilla, Senate

  • Bato dela Rosa
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa’s shifting stance on ‘punishment’ for drug users

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 05, 2022 11:20 AM

    In a span of four years, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa went from supporting the death penalty for all illegal drug offenders as director-general of the Bureau of Corrections to proposing rehabilitation for users. Now, the former Philippine National Police chief says he has “second thoughts” about his own measure.

    Bato Dela Rosa, Bureau of Corrections, death penalty, illegal drugs, Philippine National Police, Senate, War on drugs

  • Bato dela Rosa
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ang nagbabagong paninindigan ni Bato Dela Rosa sa ‘parusa’ sa mga gumagamit ng droga

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 05, 2022 11:20 AM

    Sa loob ng apat na taon, nagbago ang pananaw ni Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa tungkol sa pagtrato sa mga illegal drug offender. Bilang director-general ng Bureau of Corrections (BuCor), sinuportahan niya ang parusang kamatayan para sa lahat ng mga nagkasala kaugnay ng ilegal na droga hanggang kanyang iminungkahi ang rehabilitasyon para sa mga gumagamit. Ngayon, sinabi ng dating Philippine National Police (PNP) chief na “nagdadalawang isip” siya tungkol sa sarili niyang panukala.

    Bato Dela Rosa, Bureau of Corrections, death penalty, illegal drugs, Philippine National Police, Senate, War on drugs

  • Migz Zubiri
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Zubiri na maaaring gamitin ang confidential funds para sa pagkukumpuni ng mga silid-aralan hindi totoo

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 01, 2022 12:29 PM

    Mali ang pahayag ni Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri noong Nob. 7 na maaaring gamitin ang confidential funds sa pagkukumpuni ng mga silid-aralan.

    2023, commission on audit, Confidential and Intelligence Funds, Koko Pimentel, Migz Zubiri, national budget, Senate

  • Migz Zubiri
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Zubiri inaccurately claims that confidential funds can be used for repair of classrooms

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 01, 2022 12:29 PM

    A 2015 Commission on Audit (COA) set of guidelines defines confidential expenses as lump sum amounts for “surveillance activities in civilian government agencies.” It categorically states that “in no case shall (confidential or intelligence funds) be used for … construction or acquisition of buildings or housing structures.”

    2023, commission on audit, Confidential and Intelligence Funds, Koko Pimentel, Migz Zubiri, national budget, Senate

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you need to know about confidential and intelligence funds
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Tatlong bagay na kailangan mong malaman tungkol sa mga confidential at intelligence fund

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 30, 2022 1:15 PM

    Inaprubahan ng Senado noong Nob. 23 ang panukalang P5.27 trillion na pambansang budget para sa 2023. Ni-realign nito ang hindi bababa sa P170 milyon na confidential na pondo ng iba’t ibang ahensya ng gobyerno sa kanilang maintenance at iba pang operating expenses.

    2023, commission on audit, confidential funds, Department of Budget and Management, Edcel Lagman, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, General Appropriations Act, house of representatives, intelligence funds, Koko Pimentel, Migz Zubiri, national budget, Senate

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you need to know about confidential and intelligence funds
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you need to know about confidential and intelligence funds

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 30, 2022 1:15 PM

    What are confidential and intelligence funds? For what can these be used?

    2023, commission on audit, confidential funds, Department of Budget and Management, Edcel Lagman, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, General Appropriations Act, house of representatives, intelligence funds, Koko Pimentel, Migz Zubiri, national budget, Senate

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    Categories Editor's Pick News Seeing through the Smoke

    Senate OKs vape bill despite health concerns amid the pandemic

    By Klaire Ting and Reiven Pascasio  |  Dec 16, 2021 5:16 PM

    Medical experts have warned against the harmful effects of vape products especially among the youth.

    Seeing through the smoke, Senate, Senate Bill 2239, vape, vape bill

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming Bongbong Marcos authored only ‘one bill’ as senator MISLEADING

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 26, 2021 7:06 PM

    Marcos served in the Senate from 2010 to 2016, covering both the 15th and 16th Congress. In his first three years, he was listed as an author of 49 Senate bills and a co-author of two.

    bongbong marcos, marcos, Senate

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