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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Is having 110 million Filipinos good or bad?

By VERA Files | Nov 26, 2022 1:13 PM

In a press conference on Nov. 21, Justice Secretary Boying Remulla defended the decision of the Philippine delegation to reject the United Nations Human Rights Council’s recommendation to decriminalize abortion. “We have to discuss more on the policy of population growth kasi may lumalabas that there are benefits and there’s just good and bad about […]

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Nakabubuti ba o nakasasama ang pagkakaroon ng 110 milyong Pilipino?

By VERA Files | Nov 26, 2022 1:13 PM

Sa isang press conference noong Nob. 21, ipinagtanggol ni Justice Secretary Boying Remulla ang desisyon ng delegasyon ng Pilipinas na tanggihan ang rekomendasyon ng United Nations Human Rights Council na i-decriminalize ang aborsyon.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: UN body’s universal periodic review of PH human rights situation explained

By VERA Files | Nov 13, 2022 11:24 PM

What is universal periodic review (UPR) of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and its relevance to improving the human rights situation in the country? Here are five things you should know.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Universal periodic review ng UN body sa sitwasyon ng karapatang pantao sa PH ipinaliwanag

By VERA Files | Nov 13, 2022 11:24 PM

Ano ang universal periodic review (UPR) ng United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council at ang kaugnayan nito sa pagpapabuti ng sitwasyon ng karapatang pantao sa bansa? Narito ang limang bagay na dapat mong malaman.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming Ukraine set nuclear power plant on fire NOT TRUE

By VERA Files | Mar 23, 2022 10:07 AM

The same day the blaze struck the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Enerhodar, Ukraine on March 4, foreign ministers of several countries urged Russia to halt attacks in Ukraine, especially where nuclear facilities were.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video game footage given FALSE ‘Ukraine vs Russia’ context

By VERA Files | Mar 04, 2022 3:15 PM

VERA Files debunked a similar claim this week as the United Nations reported that one million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia began its offensive against its neighbor on Feb. 24.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens share MISLEADING story on PH securing seat on UN rights council

By VERA Files | May 05, 2020 11:57 PM

The Philippines was re-elected in 2018.

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#UNAssemblyFacts VERA Files’ live fact check

By VERA FILES | Sep 28, 2019 6:46 PM

Here’s a round up of our live fact checking.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ang ulat ni Ben Tulfo na ‘pabor sa drug war ni Duterte’ ang UN chief NAKALILINLANG

By VERA FILES | Oct 19, 2018 3:58 PM

Pumili ng ilang banggit mula sa Setyembre 24 na talumpati ni Guterres, pinalabas ni Tulfo na sinabi ng pinuno ng UN na ang kampanya ni Duterte laban sa droga ay kaayon ng UN.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ben Tulfo’s report claiming UN chief ‘in favor of Duterte’s drug war’ MISLEADING

By VERA FILES | Oct 18, 2018 6:32 PM

Broadcaster Benjamin Tulfo recently misled listeners of his state-run teleradyo program with a report that said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres supports President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

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