“The Philippines has a 107M population with 60% in the labor force”
Ferdinand Marcos Jr
Philippine president. In a speech before business groups during his US visit. Claim dated 4 May 2023.
FactRakers rated thisFalse
What FactRakers found
The Philippine population was already more than 109M in 2020 and currently stands at nearly 114M. Its labor participation rate is 64%
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr (Philippine president) made this claim around 4 May 2023. FactRakers (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 23 May 2023, 19 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.
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