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Vera Files says: Wala pang isang buwan ang nakaraan, sinabi ni Padilla na “magandang balita” ang pagtakbo nina dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at ang kanyang dalawang anak na lalaki, sina Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte at Davao City May…
Vera Files says: Less than a month prior, Padilla said it was “good news” to have former president Rodrigo Duterte and his two sons, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte in the 2025 senatorial race.
Vera Files says: While the poverty incidence in the BARMM has indeed markedly decreased since 2018, the region remains to have the highest poverty incidence in the country at 34.8% as of the first half of 2023, based on data from the Ph…
Vera Files says: Bagama't hindi kailanman iniutos ni Marcos sa mga alagad ng batas na patayin ang sinumang suspek sa droga, ang mga pagpatay na may kaugnayan sa droga ay patuloy na nangyayari sa ilalim ng kanyang administrasyon. Sa isan…
Vera Files says: While Marcos has never asked law enforcers to kill any drug suspect, drug-related killings continue to happen under his administration. In a recent report of the Dahas Project, an initiative of the University of the Phi…
Vera Files says: A Regional Trial Court in Tagum City, Davao Del Norte sentenced Castro and Ocampo to four to six years imprisonment for endangering the lives of minors.
Vera Files says: While many police officers had been charged over the drug-related killings, there have been only three convictions out of the estimated 12,000 to 30,000 killings under Duterte's bloody war on drugs.
Vera Files says: Bagama't maraming pulis ang kinasuhan dahil sa mga pagpatay na may kaugnayan sa droga, mayroon lamang tatlong nahatulan sa tinatayang 12,000 hanggang 30,000 na pagpatay sa ilalim ng madugong digmaan laban sa droga ni Du…
Vera Files says: Naglabas ng pahayag ang Korte Suprema na nagsasabing hindi ito naglabas ng desisyon sa mga nakabinbing petisyon sa anti-dynasty law.
Vera Files says: Celiz and Badoy were detained at the House of Representatives because they were cited in contempt for refusing to name the sources of their allegedly false claims.
Vera Files says: Sa isang Peb. 15 DepEd Order 003, itinakda ni Duterte ang 2024-2025 school calendar mula Hulyo 29, 2024 hanggang Mayo 16, 2025. Noong Abril, sinabi niya na ang mga pampublikong paaralan ay hindi maaaring agad na bumalik…
Vera Files says: In a Feb. 15 DepEd Order 003, Duterte set the 2024-2025 school calendar from July 29, 2024 to May 16, 2025. In April, she said public schools cannot immediately revert to the old academic calendar because teachers and l…
Vera Files says: Sina Celiz at Badoy ay ikinulong sa House of Representatives dahil sila ay na cite in contempt sa pagtanggi na pangalanan ang mga pinagmulan ng kanilang umano'y maling impormasyon.
Vera Files says: The clips were from the United States Marines' amphibious assault exercise with their allies in Poland on June 16, not in the West Philippine Sea.
Vera Files says: Habang ang natural gas ay gumagawa ng mas kaunting carbon dioxide kaysa sa karbon at langis, ang mga siyentipiko ay nagbabala tungkol sa pagtagas ng methane mula sa produksyon ng natural gas.
Vera Files says: While natural gas produces less carbon dioxide than coal and oil, scientists have warned about the leak of methane from natural gas production.
Vera Files says: Although neither of the two (Koko Pimentel and Rodrigo Duterte) factions of PDP was part of the original four political parties that comprised UniTeam, candidates from the Duterte-allied wing were included in the coalit…
Vera Files says: The U.S. no longer has any permanent military bases in the country since 1992. American troops, however, have access to some Philippine military facilities under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), an imp…
Vera Files says: AJI-NO-MOTO® is not Halal in the Philippines, but it is certified Halal in countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, and France. It does not contain ingredients such as alcohol or animal substances.
Vera Files says: The Armed Forces of the Philippines has issued a statement on June 26, 2024 disowning the text and clarified the military is currently not on red alert. This is a hoax that has been circulating as early as 2021.