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[OPINION] Zubiri’s misinformation proof of Pulse Asia survey on ‘fake news’

Ellen Tordesillas
Updated as of Oct 17 02:46 AM

In the fact- checking community, which VERA Files is part of, we discourage the use of the term “fake news." An attribute of news is truthfulness. To describe it as “fake” denigrates the value of news. Read more »

Filipino baritone Andrew Fernando dies at 52

Pablo A. Tariman, VERA Files
Updated as of Sep 01 07:38 AM

“He will be terribly missed,” said Lisa Macuja-Elizalde of Ballet Manila. Read more »

[OPINION] Why we have to learn the art of listening and discerning

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at May 31 11:23 PM

The recent election taught us the importance of listening and discerning. Listen to the many voices, but it is important that we are able to distinguish something as being different from another: to differentiate what is true from false. Read more »

The lowdown on nutribun

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 10:59 PM

How did nutribun become a household name and why is it associated with Ferdinand Marcos Sr's regime? Read more »

NUJP says PH hackers group behind cyberattacks on news sites

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 02:38 PM

A group of Filipino hackers praised by NTF-ELCAC is behind the recent cyberattacks on several news websites in the country, an NUJP official said. Read more »

VERA Files Komiks handbook to address worsening health disinformation in PH

Bryan Manalang, VERA Files
Posted at Feb 25 06:48 PM

The handbook aims to counter health mis- and disinformation in a format that can be easily digested by readers of all ages in Filipino and English versions. Read more »

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 »