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64 checks for “Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”

Social media posts

“A video shows footage of a rally on EDSA attended by Iglesia ni Cristo, United People's Initiative and other groups calling for the resignation of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: The video was originally taken in Dakar, Senegal in February 2022 during a parade celebrating the victory of their national football team in the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in history.

Jamelah Jamelah, FOODIE NETH, Jay Sonza impostor page

“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has an active warrant of arrest in the United States and owes a penalty of over USD 300 million.”

Vera Files rated this: Misleading

Vera Files says: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and former first lady Imelda Marcos were fined USD 353.6 million (PhP 20.2 billion) in 1995 for refusing to pay reparations to victims of human rights violations under late dictator Ferdin…

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“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed that comprehensive sexuality education, which is a provision in the proposed Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill, will encourage masturbation and “trying different sexualities.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: No such passages exist in the Senate Bill. These claims originated from a video opposing comprehensive sexuality education created by the National Coalition for the Family and the Constitution.

Philippine Information Agency

“The PIA published a news article on Oct. 26 detailing the features of the Bicol River Basin Development, which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. mentioned as a long-term solution to the flooding problem in the Bicol Region.”

Vera Files rated this: Needs Context

Vera Files says: More than 50% of the PIA article, or 15 out of 21 paragraphs, were plagiarized content from a study by independent development consultant Jeanne Frances Illo. Most of these paragraphs lifted text from the study nearly w…

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“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said "nothing was done" in the past two administrations to rehabilitate the areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: While the plan to rehabilitate the portion of Maharlika Highway in Eastern Visayas was approved by Marcos last March, resettlement and reconstruction works were started during the Aquino administration to help the Visay…

Rodrigo Duterte

“Former president Rodrigo Duterte says the United States has "so many bases" in the Philippines, which was made possible with the "consent" of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: The U.S. no longer has permanent military bases in the Philippines. The 1987 Constitution prohibited the continued stay of the bases after the 1991 expiration of the Military Bases Agreement between the two countries.

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“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claims he has "not touched" the Arelma and other ill-gotten cases filed against his family since they were living in exile in Hawaii.”

Vera Files rated this: False

Vera Files says: Rulings of the SC in 2012 and 2014 show that Marcos was involved in the litigation of cases related to Arelma, Inc. long after the family returned to the Philippines from exile in Hawaii in 1991.