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Global fact-checkers push for ‘meaningful transparency’ from YouTube

Nica Rhiana Hanopol, VERA Files
Posted at Jan 13 12:30 AM

Fact-checkers, who are at the frontlines in debunking online mis- and disinformation, underscored the need for YouTube to take “effective action” against lies being peddled in its platform. Read more »

Bongbong's Oxford degree a 43-year-old lie—Vera Files

Rowena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 07:18 PM

(UPDATED) Ferdinand Marcos Sr. knew that his son 'Bongbong' could no longer continue his residency as Oxford University, based on documents left at the Palace in 1986 and probed by independent media organization Vera Files. Read more »

Chit Estella as children’s storyteller

Elizabeth Lolarga, VERA Files
Updated as of Aug 14 08:44 AM

To commemorate Estella’s 10th death anniversary, husband Roland Simbulan thought of publishing “Tatlong Kuwento Para sa Batang Pilipino.” Read more »

'Dismay over handling of Covid drops govt approval'

Enrico Berdos, VERA Files
Posted at Aug 07 10:32 PM

Public dismay over the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has lowered the approval rating of the administration but not so much of President Duterte himself, a pollster said Friday. Read more »

Cannes Indies Short Awards singles out Filipino docu as best short film

Pablo A. Tariman, VERA Files
Posted at Jul 14 10:50 PM

A short documentary on a 15-year-old student trying to survive as a ballet dancer won the Best Short Documentary at the Cannes Indies Cinema Awards. Read more »

Survey firm BOSES Pilipinas vows to ‘secure the Filipino voice’

Enrico Berdos, VERA Files
Posted at Jun 30 09:38 PM

BOSES Pilipinas, which stands for Boses, Opinyon, Siyasat, at Siyensya para sa Pilipinas (Voices, Opinions, Research and Science for the Philippines), was launched in an online forum on Wednesday, June 30.    Read more »

Filipino youth orchestra strikes gold anew in Vienna music fest

Pablo A. Tariman, VERA Files
Posted at Jun 28 12:14 PM

The winning streak of the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra continues after it struck gold in the youth orchestra category B of the Vienna-based World Youth Festival.  Read more »

Beware of this ‘Bishop Ted Bacani’ impostor

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jun 14 02:05 AM

Last Friday afternoon, June 11, I got a call from an unidentified number while I was attending a VERA Files activity. The caller introduced himself as “Bishop Ted Bacani.” Read more »

PH choir bags grand prix in international contest

Pablo A. Tariman, VERA Files
Updated as of Jun 08 06:47 PM

A Philippine choir does it again!  Read more »

Still no justice for journalist Chit Estella 10 years after fatal road crash

VJ Bacungan, VERA Files
Posted at May 13 12:36 AM

Ten years after the fatal crash on Commonwealth Avenue, no one has yet been held accountable for veteran journalist Chit Estella’s death. Read more »

‘Digital native’ journalists urged to rise to challenges in pandemic reporting

Nica Rhiana Hanopol, VERA Files
Posted at May 08 11:49 PM

As the world faces a “perfect storm of crises” ? the COVID-19 pandemic, attacks on media credibility, and online disinformation ? it is even more important now for young journalists to verify information they share online and in telling stories.  Read more »

Biden’s national security strategy silent on PH; warns against authoritarianism

Charmaine C. Deogracias, VERA Files
Posted at Mar 09 09:44 PM

For the first time since 1996, neither the Philippines nor its alliance with the United States was mentioned in the U.S. president’s national security strategy as he warned against the “global march” of authoritarianism that threatens democracy. Read more »

ASEAN sees China as most helpful during the pandemic: survey

Charmaine C. Deogracias, VERA Files
Posted at Mar 05 03:24 PM

Southeast Asian nations ranked the pandemic as its topmost concern in 2020 and see China as number one among its dialogue partners to have given the most assistance to the region. Read more »

After coup, Myanmar’s journalists watch and wait, warily

Johanna Son, Reporting ASEAN/VERA Files
Posted at Feb 09 09:52 PM

The absence of a declared crackdown on the media in Myanmar does not mean normalcy, much less safety for professional journalists. The haziness of it all is, by itself, a sword of Damocles hanging over their heads Read more »

Propaganda web: Pro-Marcos literature, sites, and online disinformation linked

Enrico Berdos, VERA Files
Posted at Dec 12 04:06 AM

Heritage sites in Ilocos Norte and propaganda books all promoting the “greatness” of dictator Ferdinand Marcos are linked to one another, a study by two University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman researchers from the Marcos Regime Research Group concluded. Read more »

The shaping of Leni Robredo

Pablo A. Tariman VERA Files
Posted at Nov 30 02:49 AM

Author Edmundo “Ed” Garcia sits on a distinct advantage as the subject happens to be his former student at the University of the Philippines. Read more »

Correct purveyors of disinformation ‘with love and care’ – UNESCO advisor

Enrico Berdos, VERA Files
Updated as of Nov 06 05:45 PM

“So many times, we see people become defensive and angry and will shut down even if we present them with 100% fact. They will still shut down, and that defeats the purpose of an engagement," said Ming-Kuok Lim, advisor for communication and information for the UNESCO office in Jakarta.  Read more »

Vera Files denies hand in removal of bogus Facebook accounts linked to military, police

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 10:02 AM

Independent media group Vera Files on Friday denied involvement in the shutdown of a network of Facebook pages allegedly linked to Philippine state forces due to "coordinated inauthentic behavior." Read more »

New farm cafe in Antique shines amid pandemic

Alex C. Delos Santos, VERA Files
Posted at Sep 24 06:50 PM

Some good things come out of a pandemic. Such is the case of Szkornik and Neil, a farm café carved by the hills of Igbical in Hamtic town, south of Antique.  Read more »

FACT CHECK: Viral FB posts make inaccurate claims on Lopez family

Vera Files
Posted at Sep 08 04:37 AM

MANILA - Widely circulating among social media users since May are inaccurate Facebook posts accusing the affluent Lopez family of "fooling the Filipinos for 34 years." Of the seven claims related to the Lopezes and their history, two are downright false, four need further context, and one is unfounded Read more »