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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Badoy misleads with claim SC ruled no danger to life, liberty, security for people tagged as CPP-NPA-NDF members

By VERA Files | Jun 23, 2022 12:39 PM

Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) made a misleading claim that the Supreme Court had ruled that “there is no danger to life, liberty and security when you are identified as a member of the CPP NPA NDF.”

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB video FALSELY claims Marcos jewels not ill-gotten

By vera files fact check | Jun 01, 2022 1:34 PM

A video on Facebook (FB) erroneously claimed that three jewelry collections seized by the Philippine government from the Marcos family were “gifts” given by other countries. The Supreme Court (SC) […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that SC junked petitions vs Marcos FALSE

By vera files fact check | May 23, 2022 6:15 PM

A video on Facebook (FB) erroneously claims the Supreme Court (SC) has already dismissed the cases seeking to disqualify and void the candidacy of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video FALSELY claims SC officially ‘sided’ with Marcos in COC cancellation case

By VERA Files | Nov 13, 2021 1:51 PM

This is not true. The petition filed with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to cancel his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) has yet to reach the High Court as the poll body is only now preparing to hear the case.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Not all cases vs Marcos ill-gotten wealth dismissed by SC

By VERA Files | Nov 08, 2021 10:33 AM

The graphic showed only the 2018 ruling affirming the Sandiganbayan’s 2010 decision and 2011 joint resolution which, as reported by multiple news media, dismissed a case against former president Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda, and his associates.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: An int’l court did NOT scold Carpio on WPS issue

By VERA Files | Aug 20, 2021 5:45 PM

There are no records from the ICC that support this, and neither has any local nor international media reported on it.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that SC Justice Leonen impeached MISLEADING

By VERA Files | May 25, 2021 1:01 PM

Impeachment of members of the Supreme Court is initiated in the House of Representatives and the trial against Leonen has yet to begin.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Pag-unawa sa pagbabasura ng PET sa poll protest ni Marcos laban kay Robredo

By VERA Files | Feb 18, 2021 1:14 PM

Nagkakaisa ang pagboto, ibinasura ng Supreme Court (SC), na nakaupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), ang “buong electoral protest” na isinampa ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. laban kay Vice President Leni Robredo para maagaw ang pangalawang pinakamataas na posisyon sa bansa.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Understanding the PET’s junking of Marcos’ poll protest vs. Robredo

By VERA Files | Feb 18, 2021 12:53 PM

Voting unanimously, the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), dismissed “the entire electoral protest” that former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. filed against Vice President Leni Robredo to wrestle the country’s second highest post.

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Commentary

Misplaced compassion

By Tita C. Valderama | Feb 15, 2021 1:45 PM

The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision granting the full retirement benefits of the late chief justice Renato Corona, despite his impeachment in 2012, is quite unsettling. It sends the wrong signal to public officials that it is all right to be dishonest for as long as they serve at least 15 years in government.

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