VERA Files
During a committee hearing on the OVP’s budget on Sept. 6, Angara uttered: “Does Congress still have the power of the purse? I’m not so sure. Anyway, that’s a separate debate.”
The erroneous claim appeared two days after China sailed one of its aircraft carriers into the Western Pacific Ocean for a naval drill.
How can you convince them that Scarborough Shoal is ours when they have been shooed away even before they could get near its entrance?
True to a Biblical reference on the wise man who built his house on a rock, BRP Sierra Madre stands defiantly on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) even as one of Asia Pacific’s top military superpowers has been trying to have it removed for almost 30 years now.
Matapos maglabas ng bagong “10-dash line” map ang China, ano ang pwedeng gawin ng Pilipinas para tablahin ang pang-aangkin nito sa halos buong South China Sea? Pakinggan ang mga suhestiyon ni Dr. Chester Cabalza, dito sa episode ng #WhatTheFPodcast.
Umani ng kaliwa’t kanang batikos ang China matapos itong maglabas ng bagong “standard map” noong Aug. 28. Dito sa episode ng What The F?! Podcast, pakinggan ang paliwanag ni Dr. Chester Cabalza, isang security analyst, kung ano ang intensyon ng China sa pagpapalabas ng bagong mapa.
Two YouTube videos falsely claimed that the new 10-dash line map of China has included the entire Philippines as part of its territory. This is not true. The new map covered only parts of the country’s maritime zones. First uploaded on Aug. 31, three days after the Chinese Ministry of Natural resources released the map, […]
A video circulating on Facebook and YouTube claims that the Philippines and Iran have formed a military alliance against China. No such pact was forged. Iran’s new ambassador just made the customary courtesy call on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last month. Uploaded on Aug. 23, or six days after the Iranian envoy met with the […]
A video posted on YouTube and Facebook (FB) used an altered photo to claim that the Philippine Navy had fired warning shots at Chinese vessels in Scarborough Shoal on Aug. 9. No such incident took place. The original photo was taken from a report about a failed missile launch during a 2015 U.S. Navy drill. […]
A Facebook (FB) video misled netizens into thinking that Russian warships recently entered the territories of the Philippines and Taiwan. The Russian frigates just passed through the Philippine Sea that is considered part of international waters. The incident took place two months ago. In a video posted on Aug. 11 by FB page Maharlika Tv, […]