VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Minimum wage NOT increased to P1K
A YouTube video is claiming that the daily minimum wage in the country will be increased to P1,000. This is misleading.
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Macli-ing Dulag lives on
Macli-ing’s famous words, on land ownership: “You ask if we own the land and mock us saying, “Where is your title?’ When we ask the meaning of your words, you answer with taunting arrogance, ‘Where are the documents to prove that you own the land?’ Titles? Documents? Proof of ownership? Such arrogance to say that you own the land, when you are owned by it! How can you own that which outlives you? Only the race owns the land because the race lives forever. To claim a place is the birthright of everyone. Even the lowly animals have their own place. How much more when we talk of human beings?”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte NOT replacing Romualdez as new House speaker
This is not true. Duterte, who was not elected to Congress, cannot be appointed as speaker of the House of Representatives.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video shows plastic being recycled, NOT ‘fake rice’
Two copies published on TikTok and Facebook as early as November last year showed plastic waste being processed at a recycling plant. They made no claims that the product would be sold as food.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang ibig sabihin ng pagiging nasa ‘gray list’ ng FATF?
Inilagay ang Pilipinas sa gray list matapos matukoy ng FATF ang 18 kakulangan na dapat resolbahin ng gobyerno para epektibong labanan ang money laundering at terrorism financing sa bansa.
A ssireum wrestler keeps a community together in K-drama
In the reality vs. expectation trap, "Like Flowers in Sand" is the expectation -- supportive community, true friends, passion -- that people wish to be reality instead. It is possible with hallyu magic that make flowers bloom even in the most adverse clime.
Bangayang Duterte at Marcos-Romualdez: Polvoron vs. Fentanyl
Masalimuot, nakakatawa, at sobrang nakakahiya itong bangayan ng mga Duterte at pamilya Marcos-Romualdez. Madlang Filipino, kaya pa ba?
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What does being in the FATF’s ‘gray list’ mean?
The Philippines was placed on the gray list after the FATF identified 18 deficiencies that the government must resolve to effectively counter money laundering and terrorism financing in the country.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT meet with ex-president Duterte in Davao
A YouTube video is claiming that President Bongbong Marcos and former president Rodrigo Duterte met in Davao City recently, supposedly to patch things up after their recent word war. This misleads.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT issue arrest warrant vs Duterte
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has not issued an arrest warrant against his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte, contrary to the claim of three YouTube videos.
