“The PIA published a news article on Oct. 26 detailing the features of the Bicol River Basin Development, which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. mentioned as a long-term solution to the flooding problem in the Bicol Region.”
What Vera Files found
More than 50% of the PIA article, or 15 out of 21 paragraphs, were plagiarized content from a study by independent development consultant Jeanne Frances Illo. Most of these paragraphs lifted text from the study nearly word-for-word. The report also copied from other studies cited in Illo’s paper.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Philippine Information Agency made this claim around 26 October 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 15 November 2024, 20 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.