“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said "nothing was done" in the past two administrations to rehabilitate the areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013.”
What Vera Files found
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 Visayas region recover from the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda.
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In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 20 May 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 28 May 2024, 8 days later. Its rating was “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.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkZ9B9qbAyk
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