VERA Files’ Corona on trial
If you missed the impeachment trial hearings last Monday (Jan. 30) and Thursday (Jan. 26), please visit VERA FILES’ Corona Impeachment trial page. The official record of the proceedings on those days...
View ArticleThe Filipino worker today
VERA Files took snap shots of the state of the country’s greatest resource,Filipino manpower, on Labor Day: JENNY Tanael, 47, is a wife of a minimum wage earner and mother of a contractual worker. Her...
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Ex-rebel soldier to make ‘patriotic’ voyage to Scarborough Shoal
Update:PNoy takes the wind out of planned sail to Scarborough By Tessa Jamandre,VERA Files FaeldonA year after he swore allegiance to the flag after being granted amnesty for joining the Oakwood mutiny...
View ArticleInt’l ballet stars to perform for Filipino ballet scholars
I did the following story for VERA Files The real beauty of Ballet Manila’s latest project bringing together eleven international ballet stars in a once-in-a-lifetime production is that it will benefit...
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Zumba: Exercise made fun and sexy
By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files Video by Mario Ignacio and Mario Espinosa YOU will know it’s Zumba time at Fitness First Southmall every morning of Monday and Tuesday because women are in their...
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10 things UPCAT takers should know
By Amer R. Amor,VERA Files You are aware that the University of the Philippines is the country’s national university. And according to the international research organization Quacquarelli Symonds...
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What to do before, during, and after the flood
VERA Files’ Luis Liwanag made the rounds of Quezon City. Here’s what he saw: We pray that the number of casualties caused by the current flooding would not increase even as we cope with continuous...
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Yes Virginia, their telephones work
By MARILYN MANA-AY ROBLES, VERA Files The week past was very revealing. Filipinos again displayed resilience in the midst of tragedy. As the floods came and swept away treasured material possessions...
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Wounded
By Marilyn Mana-ay Robles,VERA Files Cris Villonco and Noel Rayos lead the Walang Sugat castWhat biting wit! Such is Walang Sugat, a sarswela written by the father of Tagalog sarswela, Severino Reyes,...
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The sad, dramatic, if redeeming, life of Juan Ponce Enrile
By Pablo A. Tariman, VERA Files The 753-page of “Juan Ponce Enrile: A Memoir” has many things going for it. For one, the simple yet striking cover layout doesn’t call attention to itself and for...
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Lolarga and Silverio win 1st Chit Estella awards
By Eimor P. Santos, VERA Files In death, Vera Files trustee and journalism professor Lourdes “Chit” Estella Simbulan continues to champion human rights campaign in the country. The 1st Chit Estella...
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After China snub, what now?
Atty. Romel BagaresBy Romel R. Bagares Just as pundits have predicted, China soon announced it is not taking part in the arbitration proceedings initiated by the Philippines over the two countries’...
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The weakest link in the Megamall heist
By Ace Esmeralda,VERA Files A shop in Megamall after the robbery. Photo by Rio Ribaya from Yahoo.Many things don’t fit in the statements of the police on the Jan. 26 Megamall robbery. As of this...
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Arthur Espiritu soars in ‘The Poet Speaks’
Text and photos by Elizabeth Lolarga, VERA Files A standing ovation for Arthur Espiritu and Najib Ismael.The sixth of this month will linger long in the head and hearts, like the “last song syndrome,”...
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Six ways to keep fit during election campaign
By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files Photos and video by Mario Ignacio and Mario Espinosa More important than winning the election, candidates should make sure they are able to survive the grueling 90-day...
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Curtain call for Philam Life Theater?
By Pablo A. Tariman,VERA Files Pianist Sofya Sulyak takes a bow with PPO Conductor Olivier Ochanine When award-winning Ukrainian pianist Sofya Gulyak and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra ended...
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12 steps to a fantastic beach body
By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files Video by Mario Ignacio You have your plane tickets. You have made the hotel reservations. You are all set for fun in the beach. But, is your body ready for it? Three...
View ArticleReconstructing blog again
This blog is being reconstructed as it was accidentally deleted Tuesday morning. In the old posts, the pictures and video were lost. I’ll try to put it back little by little. Thank you very much for...
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Civil society takes Malaysia to UN for maltreatment of Filipinos in Sabah
By Ellen Tordesillas, VERA Files Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Photo from kualalumpurpost.net Concerned citizens are hauling the Malaysian government to the United Nations for human rights...
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One of Us – James Yap
By JB Baylon, VERA Files Author with James Yap in a fast trainLast Easter Sunday I watched PBA games live, sitting for the first time in the venue called The Arena at the Mall of Asia. I was...
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