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verafiles.org — 14+ hour, 1+ min ago
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO death penalty imposed on employer of domestic worker
verafiles.org > articles...A video on YouTube claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos and the Senate sentenced to death France Ruiz, a former employer of a domestic helper... ...channel published the video with this clickbait headline: “KAKAPASOK LANG Bagong utos PBBM at SENADO B-tay ang hatul kay France Ruiz Hinatulan ng... ...New order from [Marcos] and the Senate. France Ruiz was sentenced to death by hanging. Condemned by the public!)” ... ...Pablo Ruiz, spouse of France Ruiz, was recently detained and held in contempt after it was revealed that the Ruiz couple failed their polygraph tests...
verafiles.org — 17+ hour, 26+ min ago
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE Google marketing campaign apps circulate
verafiles.org > articles...Three Impostor Facebook (FB) pages are advertising software applications allegedly powered by Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) that could optimize... ...Five posts created by the imposter FB pages featured two websites claiming that the fake applications use Google’s AI chatbot called Bard.... ...Google has yet to respond to VERA Files Fact Check’s request for comment. ... ...VERA Files Fact Check identified a total of five FB posts from Sept. 20 to 25....
verafiles.org — 1+ day ago
Did Sara Duterte also ask for ghost employees?
verafiles.org > articles...Sara Duterte did not ask for P125M in her letter to the Department of Budget and Management dated August 22, 2022.... ...Lagman is currently the president of the opposition Liberal Party.... ...Recall that when Sara assumed office on June 30, 2022, the Office of the Vice President was using Leni Robredo’s budget, approved in 2021 by Congress... ...For the first time in history, she got herself her own Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group of 450 personnel complement....
verafiles.org — 1+ day ago
Legalizing menstrual leave means breaking the stigma first
verafiles.org > articles...A similar bill, HB 6728 filed by Cotabato Rep. Samantha Santos in January, call for only 50-percent remuneration.... ...Arlene Brosas in March. HB 7758 seeks to grant working women two-day menstrual leave with full pay.... ...Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan and Zambia have enacted bills similar to HB 7758.... ...Similarly, entrepreneur Kelie Ko, president of the Mandaue City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was reported as lamenting the potential burden...
verafiles.org — 2+ day ago
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Destroyed buildings in compilation video DO NOT show Morocco quake damage
verafiles.org > articles...The video compiled Israeli airstrikes targeting high-rise buildings in Gaza City in May 2021, and building demolitions in China also in 2021.... ...A Filipino Facebook (FB) user uploaded old clips of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and building demolitions in China and claimed that the devastation... ...VERA Files Fact Check just last week also flagged a clip of a building collapse that was falsely attributed to the Morocco quake.... ...Specifically, the first four videos showed Israeli forces destroying the Al-Shorouk Tower, which housed businesses and media offices in Gaza City...
verafiles.org — 2+ day ago
Juan Luna: A painting rediscovered and murders recalled
verafiles.org > articles...Images courtesy of Ayala Museum, National Museum of the Philippines, and Rizal Library, Ateneo.... ...In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Philippine independence, Ayala Museum has opened an exhibition, Splendor: Juan Luna, Painter as Hero that... ...The idealistic ilustrados who called themselves “Los Indios Bravos” included Graciano Lopez Jaena, Pedro Paterno, Felix Resurreción Hidalgo, Juan... ...Born in Badoc, Ilocos Norte, Juan Luna continued his art studies in Madrid in 1877 where he became good friends with his professor, Alejo Vera, a...