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Checked by Vera Files10 May 2023PhilippinesFilipino
Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz, Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) anchor

“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 rated this: Walang basehan

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…

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Philippine President

“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 rated this: Inaccurate

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.

Checked by Vera Files10 May 2023PhilippinesFilipino
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

“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 rated this: Hindi tumpak

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…

Checked by Vera Files10 May 2023Philippines
Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz, SMNI anchor

“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 rated this: No Basis

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.”…