“The poverty index in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has “significantly decreased since 2018” due to improved peace and order, good governance, and high hopes of the region's inhabitants.”
What Vera Files found
While the poverty incidence in the BARMM has indeed markedly decreased since 2018, the region remains to have the highest poverty incidence in the country at 34.8% as of the first half of 2023, based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority.
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In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 22 July 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 26 July 2024, 4 days later. Its rating was “Needs context”.
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
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/live/VNa-_Xwaviw
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