By Larah Vinda Del MundoVERA Files/UP Third World Studies Center August 21, 2022 is the first Ninoy Aquino Day to be observed under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Based on social media posts, Marcos loyalists are, of course, not keen on
By Tristan Mañalac VERA FilES For a couple of weeks two months ago, even as SARS-CoV-2 rampaged across the globe, all seemed right in the Philippines. Today, easily more than 5,000 people have tested positive for the virus all over
By Charmaine Deogracias VERA Files They called him Superman. That was the code the Davao Death Squad allegedly gave former Davao City mayor now President Rodrigo Duterte while they were killing criminals on his orders, according to police officer and
By Charmaine Deogracias VERA Files The Philippines and Malaysia have agreed on a new facilitator in the government’s peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), re-affirming the role Malaysia has played in the peace process for the past
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 July) — Wheelchair user Sofronio Floro, 54, has carefully assembled an armchair, one of the hundreds he and his fellow workers with disabilities have made the past couple of days. The armchairs and desks will be shipped
By Jake Soriano, VERA Files IN December last year, blind massage therapists from Zamboanga City traveled all the way to Cagayan de Oro to undergo licensing exams. They took thenearly 500-km journey because their jobs were on the line.But typhoon
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi (VERA Files through MindaNews/13 Oct) — Barangay captains in this town said they were willing to give P10,000 from the village coffers to help defray expenses in the upcoming barangay elections, as long as the national government gives
BONGAO, Tawi-tawi (MindaNews/12 October)—Barangay captains in this town said they were willing to give P10,000 from the village coffers to help defray expenses in the upcoming barangay elections, as long as the national government gives them their share of the
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/21 May) — An abnormally high concentration of supposed persons with disabilities (PWD) voting in a single barangay sounded the alarm for volunteers of the Zamboanga City chapter of Legal Network for Peaceful Election (LENTE). LENTE Zamboanga chair
THE Supreme Court has unseated a mayor in Lanao del Norte and barred him from seeking re-election in Monday’s polls because of his continued use of a U.S. passport. Voting 10-5, the high court upheld a Commission on Elections decision
DAVAO CITY (VERA Files / 18 July) – The passing jeepneys barely notice the man standing under the shade of a tree along Magallanes Street here, even if he uses his crutch to grab their attention.
LAMITAN CITY (MindaNews/12 July) — The practice of children attempting to register as voters continues in the ongoing general registration of voters in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), but they won’t get away with it because the Commission
BONGAO, Tawi-tawi (MindaNews/12 July) — The general registration of voters went off to a peaceful start here, the Philippines’ southernmost province, although delays and power shortages slightly marred the event. Election paraphernalia arrived in the capital Bongao only on July
Various groups of persons with disabilities (PWDs) based in Mindanao have criticized the Commission on Elections’ decision to cancel the planned special voter registrations for this sector this month. The cancellation shows how the PWD sector stands with the administration
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/27 April)—Only seven out of at least 200 persons with disability in this city were able to register as voters during the special registration held earlier this month, illustrating the obstacles PWDs face just to be able to exercise their right to suffrage.
