VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bogus SSS, DSWD sites peddle FAKE New Year’s Day giveaways
Impostors of SSS and DSWD promising netizens “New Year’s Day” subsidies and gifts are being shared on Facebook and Messenger. They have disowned the circulating posts.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Pimentel did NOT file SC case vs Marcos
Two videos claimed that Sen. Koko Pimentel filed a case in the Supreme Court against President Bongbong Marcos. Not true.
Traslacion 2024: A spectacular display of Filipinos’ faith and piety
Millions joined this year’s mass procession, the first after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos, Sara did NOT appoint Rodrigo Duterte as House speaker
A video on Youtube and Facebook is claiming that President Marcos and Vice President Duterte-Carpio have appointed former president Rodrigo Duterte as House speaker. This is not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE ABS-CBN website claims Willie Ong endorsing hypertension cure
A website impostor of ABS-CBN News claimed that cardiologist Willie Ong is promoting a hypertension drug called Neocardia. This is fabricated.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB video NEEDS CONTEXT, K-12 not abolished
A video on Facebook talks about the “sudden” CHED memorandum on halting the admission of senior high school students. This needs context.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD videos passed off as scenes from recent Japan quake
A compilation video bore clips from previous calamities to falsely claim that they show scenes from the 7.6 quake that jolted Japan on New Year’s Day.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Super Typhoon ‘Alakdan’ is threatening to hit the Philippines
A YouTube video claims that a Super Typhoon named Alakdan has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility and will make landfall in the country. This is fake.
The Manilamen and their Australian Connection
The Manilamen’s descendants trace their Filipino heritage through food (adobo, dinuguan, andtuba that some descendants recalled their grandfathers produced), music, and dancing and some Filipino words that have become part of Broome’s lexicon.
How Archbishop Capalla dealt with Duterte’s tirades
It was characteristic Rodrigo Duterte venom, said with neither veracity nor restraint, and – as we all know well by now – without objectivity.
