VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sandro Marcos quote card on Duterte’s cocaine blind item is FAKE
The president also did not name the person nor provide evidence of the allegation.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cases vs Bongbong Marcos’ candidacy have NOT been junked
The Comelec is expected to hear the first petition on Nov. 26.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Guinness World Records did NOT say pro-Marcos caravan the longest in PH
The only record held by the Marcoses in the Guinness World Records is the title for the “greatest robbery of a government.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte ‘quote’ asking voters not to support Marcos Jr. is FAKE
It surfaced after a pro-Duterte vlogger aired an exclusive interview with the president.
Coalition urges Facebook to address electoral disinformation in 2022 polls
A coalition of lawyers, academe, civil society and advocacy groups both local and international is calling on Facebook to provide transparency and increased resources against disinformation as the 2022 polls draw near.
Go, Pacquiao may deny Marcos Jr. much-needed Mindanao votes for the 2022 elections – political analysts
Political experts predict a divided Mindanao as presidential aspirants Sens. Christopher “Bong” Go and Manny Pacquiao may still form a stronghold in the region, despite Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s last minute bid for the vice presidency and team-up with Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte goes from VP to ‘retirement’ to VP to senator
Last September, Duterte accepted the PDP-Laban nomination for vice president. On Oct. 2, he declared that he was retiring from politics. On Nov. 13, Duterte said he might run as the vice-presidential running mate of Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go under the PDDS.
Tupas, Dargani, Lao and the Dutertes
How long has Jefry Tupas been associated with Revsan Ethelbert Elizalde, that one who acts as Sara Duterte’s gatekeeper and primary apologist would motor all the way to Mabini, Davao de Oro, a good 94 kilometers from Davao city, for Elizalde’s drug-cocktailed birthday festivity?
A nauseating week of surprises and compromises
The political circus in the past few days, involving President Rodrigo Duterte's family and their allies, showed how selfish interests obscure whatever good intentions they may have in seeking public office and how low they regard voters.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What PH laws say on aspirants with criminal records seeking elective positions
Twenty-seven days after Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec), a group of civic leaders asked the poll body to cancel it for making “material false representations” on his “alleged eligibility to run” for the presidency in the 2022 elections.