FACT CHECK: Video of protesters taken in Kenya, NOT Davao
The Facebook Reel that showed people protesting on the street was not taken in Davao. It was originally taken in Kenya in June.
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FACT CHECK: Photo does NOT show rebel attack on MT Sounion tanker
A post on Facebook (FB) erroneously linked a photo of a different ship assault to the Houthi-led strike against the MT Sounion tanker ship whose crew included 23 Filipinos.
FACT CHECK: Photo does NOT show rebel attack on MT Sounion tanker
A Facebook page erroneously linked the attack of the MT Sounion to a different Houthi-led assault on an oil tanker this year.
FACT CHECK: The Marcos administration’s evolving stance on allowing ICC investigators
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said on July 29 that the Philippine government will “not get in the way” of the ICC’s interview of the five former and current high-ranking police officials tagged as suspects in the Duterte administration’s drug war.
FACT CHECK: The Marcos administration’s evolving stance on allowing ICC investigators
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said on July 29 that the Philippine government will "not get in the way" of the ICC's interview of the five former and current high-ranking police officials tagged as suspects in the Duterte administration's drug war.
Napakasakit, PhilHealth!
Labag daw sa Universal Healthcare Act ang paglilipat ng halos P90 billion na excess funds ng Philippine Health Insurance Corporation o PhilHealth sa national treasury. Sa ika-11 episode ng Tres from Tress podcast, makikipagkwentuhan si Elma Sandoval, senior editor ng VERA Files, kay Dr. Tony Leachon, isang independent health reform advocate at former PhilHealth director, para malinawan ang mga bagay sa mainit na isyung ito.
Ban POGOs, WPS is ours, says Marcos in 2024 SONA
An immediate ban on POGOs, underscoring of a bloodless fight against illegal drugs, and a reaffirmation of a commitment to defend territories in the West Philippine Sea are key pronouncements that earned President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. three standing ovations during his third SONA on Monday, July 22.
Year 2 of Marcos’ drug war: More killings than in Year 1
Drug-related deaths in the second year of Marcos Jr.’s administration have exceeded those documented by the Dahas Project in the previous year.
Gov’t slammed for ignoring IP rights amid push for green energy, infra projects
Environmentalists are demanding that the administration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stop ignoring the rights of Indigenous People’s as it pursues infrastructure projects on ancestral lands.
SONA 2023 PROMISE TRACKER
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. launched his administration’s Bagong Pilipinas battlecry in last year’s SONA, as he declared that “the state of the nation is sound, and is improving.”
