Vera Files

08/07/2025

Hindi sinabi ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos na karapat-dapat ang parusang kamatayan na ipinataw sa isang OFW sa Saudi Arabia.

Hindi sinabi ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos na karapat-dapat ang parusang kamatayan na ipinataw sa isang OFW sa Saudi Arabia.

08/07/2025

: Nakapanliligaw ang kumakalat na Facebook reel na nagsasabing kinasuhan ng PNP-CIDG si dating senador Antonio Trillanes ng kidnapping at serious illegal detention.

Basahin dito: https://vera.ph/3TVFge7

08/07/2025

: Hindi sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. na karapat-dapat ang parusang kamatayan na ipinataw sa isang OFW sa Saudi Arabia. Kinuha mula sa isang interview noong Oktubre 29, 2024 ang ginamit na clip kung saan sinabi niya na sinikap ng gobyerno ng Saudi Arabia na tiyaking makatarungan ang naging desisyon laban sa Filipino.

Basahin dito: https://vera.ph/405Fpzd

08/07/2025

The Philippines' Birth Registration Assistance Project that provides free civil registration services to vulnerable groups and indigenous peoples, among others, has been cited by the United Nations at a ministerial meeting in Bangkok last month.

The Philippines' Birth Registration Assistance Project that provides free civil registration services to vulnerable groups and indigenous peoples, among others, has been cited by the United Nations at...

08/07/2025

“Amid this growing push to confront disinformation and AI risks, efforts to equip journalists with new tools also gained momentum. Newsrooms further experimented with generative AI...VERA Files deployed VERA, an AI-assisted fact-checking bot, on Facebook Messenger after piloting a tipline on Viber."

Philippines Population: 119 million Internet pe*******on: 84% Yvonne T. Chua 17th June 2025 Disinformation and harmful content surged in the Philippines over the past year – fuelled by the widening political rift between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte. The fallout p...

07/07/2025

COMMENTARY:So we ask. We read. We remember. Because this isn’t just about a joint bank account—it’s about what kind of country we’re willing to fight for. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

COMMENTARY:So we ask. We read. We remember. Because this isn’t just about a joint bank account—it’s about what kind of country we’re willing to fight for. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

07/07/2025

A Facebook reel containing a news clip saying the PNP-CIDG has charged former senator Antonio Trillanes with kidnapping and serious illegal detention misleads.

Nakapanliligaw ang kumakalat na Facebook reel na nagsasabing kinasuhan ng PNP-CIDG si dating senador Antonio Trillanes ng kidnapping at serious illegal detention.

07/07/2025

A Pride March was held at UP Diliman campus on June 28. There was an abundance of color, joy, laughter and most of all, pride. Photos and videos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.

A Pride March was held at UP Diliman campus on June 28. There was an abundance of color, joy, laughter and most of all, pride. Photos and videos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.

07/07/2025

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not say that an OFW deserved to be executed. The clip was taken from an Oct. 29, 2024 interview where the president said that the Saudi Arabia government make sure the punishment was justified.
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Hindi sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na karapat-dapat ang parusang kamatayan na ipinataw sa isang OFW sa Saudi Arabia.

06/07/2025

: May YouTube video na nagsasabing kinulong si Sen. Risa Hontiveros nang dahil sa panunuhol sa isang Senate witness para tumestigo laban kay Apollo Quiboloy. Hindi ito totoo.

Basahin dito: https://vera.ph/3IdVjS3

06/07/2025

COMMENTARY:Our association of the Duterte house in Doña Luisa subdivision is far from rosy. The self-confessed Davao Death Squad assassin, Arturo Lascañas, said it was in that house that the assassination of Leila de Lima, then the chair of the Human Rights Commission was planned by then Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte while cooking sausages.

Our association of the Duterte house in Doña Luisa subdivision is far from rosy. The self-confessed Davao Death Squad assassin, Arturo Lascañas, said it was in that house that the assassination of Leila...

06/07/2025

: Vice President Sara Duterte told a Russian TV news channel that her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, has been detained for over a hundred days with no recourse for bail. She also said her father “doesn’t intend to intimidate witnesses” should he be allowed interim release and that his murder charges do not amount to crimes against humanity.

These need context.

Read more: https://vera.ph/44LW8dA