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Tag: SONA 2023

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the plight of Filipino seafarers
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Pag-unawa sa kalagayan ng mga Pilipinong seafarer

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 09, 2023 4:59 PM

    Nasa 50,000 Filipino seafarers na nagtratrabaho sa European vessels ang malalagay sa panganib kung ang Pilipinas ay hindi nagpakita ng “seryosong pagsisikap” na sumunod sa mga kinakailangan ng EC sa pagsubaybay, pangangasiwa at pagsusuri ng pagsasanay at pagtatasa.

    edukasyon, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., MARINA, seafarers, SONA 2023

  • VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the plight of Filipino seafarers
    Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the plight of Filipino seafarers

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 09, 2023 4:59 PM

    Around 50,000 Filipino seafarers working on European vessels would have been put at risk had the Philippines not shown “serious efforts” to comply with the European Commission’s International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers.

    Ferdinand Marcos Jr., maritime education, seafarers, SONA 2023

  • WTF S2 EP12: Ano ang bago sa Bagong Pilipinas?
    Categories Podcast

    Ano ang bago sa Bagong Pilipinas?

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 29, 2023 8:09 PM

    Bagong logo, bagong slogan, “Bagong Pilipinas”… Ramdam mo ba ang pagbabago?

    Bagong Pilipinas, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., SONA, SONA 2023

  • S2 WTF EP11: Sa SONA, bawal ang nega?
    Categories Podcast

    Sa SONA, bawal ang nega?

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 28, 2023 4:50 PM

    Paano na ang mga usapin sa West Philippine Sea at soberanya ng bansa? Eh, ang imbestigasyon sa drug war ng Duterte administration?

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., SONA, SONA 2023

  • WTF S2 EP10: State of the nation, ‘sound and improving’ ba talaga?
    Categories Podcast

    State of the nation, ‘sound and improving’ ba talaga?

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 27, 2023 5:50 PM

    Sa ikalawang State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, sinabi niya na “sound and improving” ang estado ng bansa. Eh, feel mo ba? Pakinggan ang kuro-kuro ng editors ng VERA Files.

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., SONA, SONA 2023

  • HUSTISYA. Members of progressive artists’ group Respond and Break the Silence Against the Killings (RESBAK) conduct a cultural performance calling for justice for victims of state-sponsored executions. Photos by John Irving Gandia
    Categories Arts & Culture News

    Managing the pain, sharpening resistance vs injustice through art

    By John Irving Gandia  |  Jul 26, 2023 9:27 AM

    RESBAK, an alliance of progressive artists and media practitioners demand justice for victims and an end to state-sponsored killings in their fifth solidarity event through cultural performances and artistic presentations.

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., KAPATID, Oplan Tokhang, RESBAK, SONA, SONA 2023, victim's family

  • Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
    Categories Editor's Pick News SONA 2023 Promise Tracker

    Marcos brags ‘improving’ state of the nation, avoids ICC, human rights concerns

    By Nica Rhiana Hanopol  |  Jul 24, 2023 8:43 PM

    Declaring that the current state of the nation is “sound and improving,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. put forward his favorite topics on economic growth, infrastructure, agriculture, health and climate change, as he did so in his previous State of the Nation Address.

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., SONA 2023

  • Ang SONA sa kalsada. Photo by Bullit Marquez
    Categories Bullit's Eye

    Ang SONA sa kalsada

    By Bullit Marquez  |  Jul 24, 2023 8:08 PM

    Sabi ni Pangulong Marcos, ang kalagayan ng bansa ay “sound and improving.” Dumating na raw ang Bagong Pilipinas. Pero sa Commonwealth Avenue, iba ang sigaw ng libu-libong nagra-rally.

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., SONA 2023

  • Ferdinand Marcos Jr. SONA 2023
    Categories SONA 2023 Promise Tracker

    #SONA2023 VERA Files’ live fact check

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 24, 2023 6:48 PM

    On July 24, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), which lasted an hour and 11 minutes. Here’s a roundup of our live fact checks.

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., SONA 2023

  • SONA 2023
    Categories Commentary

    ‘Supermajority’ fails Marcos on priority bills

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  Jul 24, 2023 10:30 AM

    Apart from the budget bill, 37 other measures on LEDAC’s priority agenda are still pending in various stages of the legislative process, and the president is expected to identify more in his SONA today.

    Congress, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Marcos Jr. administration, SONA 2023, supermarjority

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