“The Philippines is the "fastest growing country in the world.”
What Vera Files found
In the Asia-Pacific region alone, the Philippines - with 7.6% gross national product growth rate in 2022 - is No. 9 among 44 countries and territories, latest data from the Asian Development Bank show.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 27 May 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 6 June 2023, 10 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
- pco.gov.phhttps://pco.gov.ph/presidential-speech/speech-by-president-ferdinand-r-marcos-jr-before-s…
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