‘Ayuda’ dole outs defy 2013 SC ruling vs ‘pork’
Cuts made by Congress in the annual budget in the last three years had reached P1.042 trillion, broken down into: P219 billion in the 2013 GAA, P449.5 billion in 2024 and P373 billion in 2025.
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FACT CHECK: SC DID NOT order AFP to arrest Marcos
A YouTube video claims that the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to arrest President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This is not true.
FACT SHEET: Bakit hindi na bahagi ng BARMM ang Sulu
Idineklara ng SC na ang Sulu ay hindi bahagi ng BARMM dahil ang pagsama nito ay lumalabag sa Section 18, Article X ng 1987 Constitution.
FACT SHEET: Why Sulu is no longer part of BARMM
The SC decision declared that Sulu is not part of the BARMM because its inclusion violates Section 18, Article X of the 1987 Constitution.
FACT CHECK: NO mandatory drug tests for judges, Judiciary staff
Several social media posts spread the false claim that judges, officials and employees of the Judiciary will now undergo a mandatory drug test.
Anti-tobacco advocates call for a review of Vape Law
Anti-tobacco advocates are calling for a review of the vape law after the Supreme Court ruled that such products should be under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sandiganbayan, NOT Supreme Court, dismissed Marcos ill-gotten wealth case
A YouTube video claims that the Supreme Court has dismissed an ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcoses. Not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hindi pinagalitan ng ICJ si dating SC justice Carpio tungkol sa reklamo na di niya isinampa, tulad ng sinasabi ni Marcoleta
Walang mga record sa opisyal na website ng ICJ na nagpapakita na si Carpio ay nagsampa ng anumang reklamo laban sa China sa disputes settlement court.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ICJ did not scold former SC justice Carpio about a complaint he never filed, as Marcoleta claims
There is no record on the official website of the ICJ that retired Supreme Court associate justice Carpio ever filed a complaint against China in the disputes settlement court.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Badoy inulit ang mapanlinlang na pahayag tungkol sa desisyon ng SC noong 2015
Ito sinabi ng Korte Suprema sa Zarate vs. Aquino noong 2015: Ang “pagmimiyembro lamang sa mga organisasyon o sektor” na binanggit sa kaso – kasama ang mga progresibong grupong Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, Karapatan, at Bayan Muna – ay “hindi maaaring itumbas ng aktwal na banta na mangangailangan ng iisyu ng writ of amparo.”
