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“The Marcos administration was able to bring down prices of rice, meat, fish, vegetables and sugar through the Kadiwa stores.”
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Claim dated 24 Jul 2023.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading

What Vera Files found

Although Kadiwa stores sell goods at relatively cheaper prices, the latest inflation report from the Philippine Statistics Authority shows that food prices continue to increase but at a slower rate compared to previous months.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 24 July 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 28 July 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.

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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