“The Ninoy Aquino International Airport was done... improved during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.”
What Vera Files found
Based on the state of the nation address of then-president Manuel Roxas in January 1948, the Manila International Airport (MIA) already existed at that time. That was 17 years before Marcos became president in 1965. According to the official website of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), the airport was originally a US Air Force base until it was turned over in 1948 to the Philippine government’s National Airport Corporation.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Arnolfo Teves Jr. made this claim around 6 July 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 9 July 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/L7YZOFa1oNs?t=15
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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