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reporter @verafiles | upd journ 2023

[Mon Caling @moncaling]

Viral narratives about Alice Guo on TikTok, either omitted or questioned her alleged crimes related to POGO operations. It turns out, there is more to the story than meets the eye.

https://t.co/zHEFGX1biE

[VERA Files @verafiles]

A VERA Files investigation uncovered a network of 45 TikTok accounts that exhibited signs of a coordinated campaign from May to December 2024 to boost Guo’s reputation as a progressive leader and defend her innocence, amid the probe on her alleged links to illegal (POGO) during this period.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/F7WrczHpzA

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

REST IN PEACE.

Philippine film icon Nora Aunor has passed away, her son Ian de Leon confirms.

FULL STORY: https://t.co/H3dmlx9nln

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

Situation in the #Philippines: Rodrigo Roa Duterte is in #ICC custody. A hearing will be scheduled in due course for Mr Duterte’s initial appearance before the Court. Learn more ⤵ https://t.co/XjIzhjKu5N

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

Today's Inquirer front page (March 12, 2025).

More at https://t.co/LDqM49guxQ 📰#INQFrontPage

[໊t @tinstax]

HISTORY. BYE DUTERTE!

(from the @AP live feed)

[VERA Files @verafiles]

This is a copy of the warrant of arrest issued by the International Criminal Court on March 7 and served on former president Rodrigo Duterte upon his arrival from Hong Kong Tuesday, March 11. https://t.co/C5wLKfkydc

[VERA Files @verafiles]

The Philippine government has the option to speed up the turnover of former president Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague following his arrest on Tuesday upon arrival from Hong Kong. https://t.co/q8ca4HJxpW

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

BREAKING: Former President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested by authorities on Tuesday, March 11, after being served an arrest warrant for alleged crimes against humanity committed during his anti-narcotics campaign.

READ: https://t.co/Aao2WQ5KoO

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

The House of Representatives impeaches Vice President Sara Duterte, after 215 representatives signed the impeachment complaint. | via @VivienneGulla

[Jonathan Corpus Ong @jonathan_c_ong]

Let’s not fall for performances of politicians portraying themselves as innocent victims of fake news. Some are in fact the clients / beneficiaries of disinformation for-hire campaigns. https://t.co/CdWqWWtKDK

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

Rest in peace.

Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has passed away at 48.

Hsu was best known for her character "Shan Cai" in the hit Taiwanese series "Meteor Garden" in 2001.

READ: https://t.co/ObxIFqI5Ga

[PolitiFact @PolitiFact]

Meta will end its eight-year partnership with independent American journalists, including PolitiFact, to identify false information and hoaxes on its platforms. https://t.co/MAvcjJ2Z4g

[VERA Files @verafiles]

Out of 377 articles published from Jan. 1 to Dec. 3 by VERA Files Fact Check, 59 claims (or about 15%) involved the former president, Vice President Sara Duterte, Marcos and their respective allies.

https://t.co/iyk6h5VUDC

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Disinformation peddlers appeared to have picked a side as the formerly allied Marcos and Duterte families turned against each other, with the latter seeming to have gotten the better end of the stick.

Read our yearender fact check analysis: https://t.co/htAsKYpCVt

[VERA Files @verafiles]

With the Duterte and Marcos clans generating a lot of "artificially amplified" noise in online spaces, a communications expert said groups that offer differing opinions can get drowned out. https://t.co/Ktb73kgKau

[VERA Files @verafiles]

Tulay ng pag-unlad ang tingin sa Panay-Guimaras-Negros Islands (PGN) Bridge. Kaya lang ang kapalit nito, nanganganib ang mga tirahan hindi lang ng endangered species na Irrawaddy dolphins kundi pati ng mga residente sa barangay na tatamaan ng tulay.

Alamin ang kuwento tungkol dito sa MASIP special episode ng “What The F?!” podcast.

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The IUCN and the DENR Biodiversity Management Bureau lodged multiple requests to the DPWH for the bridge’s realignment but this has been set aside.

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Marine scientists say the bridge, which would pass directly through the dolphins’ core habitat in the construction in the estuaries of Bago City and Pulupandan, could spell doom for the remaining six to 13 Irrawaddy dolphins in the area.

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The critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins are in danger of losing their homes along the waters of Negros Occidental and could possibly face extinction with the looming construction of the Panay Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge.

Read more: https://t.co/zjLak1OSLx