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FACT CHECK: SMNI hosts falsely accuse journos as CPP-NPA “operatives”

Accusations were made by personalities of the Quiboloy-owned media network SMNI against Filipino journalists Atom Araullo, Inday Espina-Varona, and Vergel Santos. The former branded the latter as "operatives" of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).

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The Work of a Master in Boy Hernani’s Images

Unassuming in all his simplicity, I have known Medel Hernani whom we have fondly called “Boy” as the light-footed and quick photographer of the Development Education Media Services Foundations (DEMS) in the early eighties, whose work not only involved capturing images during Martial Law, the height of protest actions in Davao.

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FACT CHECK: Claim that Masagana 99 is a notable achievement during Martial Law needs context

The late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ land reform program may trace its roots to the Green Revolution. In the early 60s, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) was established at the University of the Philippines-Los Baños campus in Laguna to undertake extensive research to produce new rice varieties.

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FACT CHECK: Bangui Wind Farm in Ilocos Norte is not BBM’s project

The Bangui Wind Power, the first wind farm in Southeast Asia, was spearheaded by the NorthWind Power Development Corporation - now owned by AC Energy Holdings of the Ayala Group - and funded by the Danish International Development Agency.

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