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“Russian forces destroyed an underground hidden bunker in Ukraine that belongs to the NATO, killing hundreds of military officials”
“Teacher party-list group collects money for communist groups”
FactRakers says: Money collected from members are union dues allowed by law
“The DSWD is giving away P5,000 ayuda to those who have registered their SIM cards”
“Video shows tsunami in Indonesia”
“Ang National Union of Journalists of the Philippines ay isang platapormang inorganisa ng CPP-NPA-NDF para mapasok ang hanay ng media sa pagkukunwari na ito ay promosyon ng kalayaan sa pamamahayag at malayang pamamahayag.”
Vera Files says: Ang mga beteranong mamamahayag na pinangunahan ng yumaong Antonio Nieva ang bumuo ng NUJP noong 1986 upang partikular na pagtuunan ang “mahirap na kalagayan ng mga nagtatrabahong mamamahayag, na kinabibilangan ng mga fr…
“Executive Order 23 abolished anti-insurgency task force”
FactRakers says: The order created a committee to protect workers' rights
“People with diabetes should not eat fish without scales”
“Philstar.com is a communist 'propaganda machine”
FactRakers says: Reporting on deaths of communist leaders doesn't make an organization like Philstar.com a mouthpiece of the communist movement. Other media outlets ran the same report
“Responding to a question about the impending depletion of the Malampaya gas field, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said "the Malampaya fields, the natural gas fields that lie within our baselines and within our exclusive economic zone and that again is being questioned in certain cases, certain areas by China.”
Vera Files says: Marcos confused Reed Bank with Malampaya. Reed Bank “has been adjudged by the South China Sea Arbitral Award to be part of the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone,” says international law expert Romel Bagares.
“Sa pagtugon sa isang tanong tungkol sa nalalapit na pagkaubos ng Malampaya gas field, sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na “ang Malampaya fields, ang natural gas fields na nasa loob ng ating baselines at sa ating exclusive economic zone at iyan ulit ay kinukuwestiyon sa ilang mga kaso, ilang mga lugar, ng China.”
Vera Files says: Napagpalit ni Marcos ang (sitwasyon sa) Reed Bank sa Malampaya. Ang Reed Bank "ay kinilala ng South China Sea Arbitral Award na bahagi ng Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone," sabi ng international law expert na si Romel…
“Sinabi ng Korte Suprema na walang panganib sa buhay, kalayaan at seguridad kapag kinilala ka bilang miyembro ng CPP-NPA-NDF.”
Vera Files says: 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…
“The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is a platform organized by the CPP-NPA-NDF to infiltrate the ranks of the media in the guise of press freedom promotion and independent journalism.”
Vera Files says: Veteran journalists led by the late Antonio Nieva formed NUJP in 1986 to specifically focus on “the plight of working journalists, which would include freelance journalists and those working in non-unionized companies.”…
“The Philippine Navy recently fired at Chinese vessels illegally fishing on the West Philippine Sea”
“The Supreme Court said there is no danger to life, liberty and security when you’re identified as a member of the CPP-NPA-NDF.”
Vera Files says: What the Supreme Court said in Zarate vs. Aquino in 2015 was that “mere membership in organizations or sectors” mentioned in the case – including progressive groups Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, Karapatan, and Bayan…
“Ex-president Dutere's war on drugs curbed corruption”
FactRakers says: Corruption worsened during the Duterte presidency