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From clickbait headlines of videos to patently false claims, the allegations that he fired several errant government officials, withdrew wealth from foreign countries or that the Maharlika Fund will collate national wealth and pay the country’s debts all seemed to prop up President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s image.

Misleading claims of former president Rodrigo Duterte on the jurisdiction of the ICC continued to haunt the disinformation landscape in 2023 even as the current administration now considers cooperating in the tribunal’s ongoing probe into the bloody drug war.

God, in most religious iconographies, is said to be benevolent – perfectly good and charitably kind. As such, god cannot be malevolent – displaying ill will and having an evil influence. Which of these two is Apollo Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed “appointed son of god”?

In his inaugural State of the Nation Address (SONA) a year ago, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ended his speech with a declaration that “the state of the nation is sound,” even as the country was still grappling with the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The May 9 elections once again showed that the exercise of suffrage in the Philippines is a family affair.

Fighting “fake news” should never stop, however exhausting it may be, the vice president said.

The young voters dismissed allegations of atrocities and corruption during Martial Law.

Whoever loses in the May 9 elections for President will have a hard time accepting defeat, but for very different reasons.

“Iba naman!” This is the battle cry of Manila City Mayor and presidential candidate Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso as he offered himself as the best alternative in the May 9 elections.

(Second of two parts) With just a little over a month before the May 9 elections, candidates for president and vice president are pulling out all the stops to convince the electorate that they are right for the job.

(First of two parts) With just a little over a month before the May 9 elections, candidates for president and vice president are pulling out all the stops to convince the electorate that they are right for the job.

(Fourth of four parts) In this four-part series, VERA Files Fact Check compiled relevant information about six of the top candidates vying for Malacañang, and their respective vice presidential bets, to help voters make the ultimate decision.