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Taas-sweldo ng teachers, kaya ba?
Apr 16, 2024 1:04 PM

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: P50K minimum pay ng teachers, kaya ba?

Halos doble ng kasalukuyang basic pay ng teachers ang panukalang dagdag sa buwanang sweldo nila, mula P27, 000 hanggang P50, 000, para daw makahabol sa sobrang taas ng presyo ng mga bilihin.  Deserve ng teachers ang mataas na sweldo, pero kakayanin ba ng kaban ng bayan? Panoorin ang video na ito: Have you seen any […]
VERA Files Fact Check: When completed, the Cavite-Bataan Interlink Bridge will be the second longest in the Philippines, but it is nowhere near the longest in the world, as Marcos claimed.
Apr 16, 2024 11:18 AM

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos falsely claims Cavite-Bataan bridge is world’s second longest

After a meeting with Metro Manila local government officials to discuss traffic concerns, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told the media that the upcoming 32.15-kilometer Cavite-Bataan Interlink Bridge will be the second longest in the world. This is false. (Read VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Marcos administration’s 12 ‘mega bridges’)  The current second longest bridge in […]
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Mar 22, 2024 2:32 PM

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: May ‘fourth mode’ ba ang Cha-cha?

Sa pagwawalang-bahala sa direktiba ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na “pangunahan” ng Senado ang pag-amyenda sa mga probisyong pang-ekonomiya ng 1987 Constitution, pinaspasan ng House of Representatives ang pag-apruba sa Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7. “Kung mayroon tayong three-fourths na boto sa RBH No. 7, at lahat ay nasunod alinsunod sa Konstitusyon, ang […]

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