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“Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced festival advance of Rs 10,000 for central government employees. It comes with 18 per cent GST. The amount after deduction is Rs 8,200 and can’t be availed as cash directly.”

Vishvas News rated this: FALSE

Vishvas News says: While it is true that Finance Minister announced Rs 10,000 festival advance for government employees, the claim that it comes with 18 per cent GST is false.

Lorenzo Gadon

“President Corazon Aquino shutdown the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, a project of her predecessor Ferdinand Marcos Sr., because she "didn't want Filipinos to remember the Marcos family.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: While it is true that Aquino decommissioned the multi-billion-peso BNPP, the “reason” that Gadon cited has nothing to do with the mothballed power plant. In 1986, Aquino’s Executive Order 55 declared that the Philippine…