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

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on Bayanihan 3 cash aid MISLEADING

By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2021 10:44 AM

The Bayanihan 3 bill, formally known as the Bayanihan to Arise As One Bill filed by House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Rep. Stella Quimbo, has yet to be signed as Congressional sessions will not resume till mid-May.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD Senate hearing footage tagged as breaking news

By VERA Files | Apr 16, 2021 1:08 PM

The posts was falsely labeled “breaking news.”

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Mga kailangan mong malaman tungkol sa panukalang anti-terrorism bill ng Senado

By VERA Files | Mar 05, 2020 10:22 PM

Ipinasa ng Senado sa third at final reading noong Peb. 26 ang Senate Bill 1083, o “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020,” isang panukala na naglalayong i-update at ipawalang-bisa ang ilang mga probisyon ng Human Security Act (HSA) at “palakasin” ang kakayahan ng bansa na labanan ang terorismo.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What you need to know about the Senate’s anti-terrorism bill

By VERA Files | Mar 05, 2020 6:26 PM

The Senate, on Feb. 26, passed on third and final reading Senate Bill 1083, or the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020,” a measure that aims to update and repeal some provisions of the Human Security Act (HSA) and “strengthen” the country’s capability to combat terrorism.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: 3 bagay na kailangan mong malaman tungkol sa proseso ng pagboto sa Senado

By VERA Files | Feb 18, 2020 9:49 PM

Nagkaroon ng sandaling hindi pagkakasundo sina Sen. Imee Marcos at Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III tungkol sa pagpapatibay ng resolusyon ng Senado na humihiling kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na pag-isipan muli ang pagpapawalang-bisa ng Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) kasama ang United States.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: 3 things you need to know about the Senate voting process

By VERA Files | Feb 18, 2020 8:33 PM

Sen. Imee Marcos and Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III had a brief disagreement on the adoption of the Senate resolution asking President Rodrigo Duterte to rethink the scrapping of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States.

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