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“The MV Karagatan incident is what caused Ferdinand Marcos to declare martial law in 1972.”
FB page reform.PH gov Claim dated 14 Jun 2020.
Vera Files rated thisNeeds Context

In short

FB page reform.PH gov made this claim around 14 June 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 24 June 2020, 10 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.

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