“Calabarzon is PH's best-performing regional economy”
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Philippines president. In a speech at the Alyansa campaign rally in Cavite. Claim dated 21 Mar 2025.
FactRakers rated thisPartly false
What FactRakers found
Central Visayas, not CALABARZON, recorded the highest economic growth rate in 2023 according to the latest available official data.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Philippines president) made this claim around 21 March 2025. FactRakers (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 11 April 2025, 21 days later. Its rating was “Partly false”.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has 62 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 43 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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