“Calabarzon is PH's best-performing regional economy”
FactRakers rated this: Partly false
FactRakers says: Central Visayas, not CALABARZON, recorded the highest economic growth rate in 2023 according to the latest available official data.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Philippine president. 62 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2022 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claimed that comprehensive sexuality education, which is a provision in the proposed Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill, will encourage masturbation and “trying different sexualities.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: No such passages exist in the Senate Bill. These claims originated from a video opposing comprehensive sexuality education created by the National Coalition for the Family and the Constitution.
“75% of Filipino students failed the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment”
FactRakers rated this: Party false
FactRakers says: It's 78% for science and 81% for reading the math
“Ang pagpapaunlad ng imprastraktura ng administrasyon ay nananatiling tuloy-tuloy, strategic at nasa iskedyul.”
Vera Files rated this: Kailangan ng konteksto
Vera Files says: Ang mga petsa ng pagtatapos ng hindi bababa sa anim sa 185 Infrastructure Flagship Projects, kabilang ang Samal Island-Davao City Connector Bridge, Metro Manila Subway Project at Metro Rail Transit Line-7, ay binago dah…
“The administration's infrastructure development remains sustained, strategic and on schedule.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: The completion dates of at least six of the 185 Infrastructure Flagship Projects, including the Samal Island-Davao City Connector Bridge, the Metro Manila Subway Project and the Metro Rail Transit Line-7, have been adju…
“Malaki ang ibinaba mula noong 2018” ng poverty index sa Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao dahil sa mas mabuting sitwasyon ng kapayapaan at kaayusan, mabuting pamamahala, at mataas na pag-asa ng mga naninirahan sa rehiyon.”
Vera Files rated this: Kailangan ng konteksto
Vera Files says: Bagama't talagang bumaba ang poverty incidence sa BARMM mula noong 2018, ang rehiyon ay nananatiling may pinakamataas na poverty incidence sa bansa sa 34.8% noong unang kalahati ng 2023, batay sa datos mula sa Philippin…
“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.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: 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 Ph…
“Ang pagpuksa ay hindi kailanman bahagi ng bloodless na digmaan ng administrasyong Marcos laban sa ilegal na droga.”
Vera Files rated this: Nakapanliligaw
Vera Files says: Bagama't hindi kailanman iniutos ni Marcos sa mga alagad ng batas na patayin ang sinumang suspek sa droga, ang mga pagpatay na may kaugnayan sa droga ay patuloy na nangyayari sa ilalim ng kanyang administrasyon. Sa isan…
“Extermination was never part of the Marcos administration's bloodless war against illegal drugs.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: While Marcos has never asked law enforcers to kill any drug suspect, drug-related killings continue to happen under his administration. In a recent report of the Dahas Project, an initiative of the University of the Phi…
“Partido Demokratiko Pilipino “was never part of the UniTeam,” even during the 2022 elections.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: Although neither of the two (Koko Pimentel and Rodrigo Duterte) factions of PDP was part of the original four political parties that comprised UniTeam, candidates from the Duterte-allied wing were included in the coalit…
“Sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na “walang nagawa” sa nakalipas na dalawang administrasyon para i-rehabilitate ang mga lugar na sinalanta ng Super Typhoon Yolanda noong 2013.”
Vera Files rated this: Hindi totoo
Vera Files says: Habang inaprubahan ni Marcos noong Marso ang planong rehabilitasyon ng bahagi ng Maharlika Highway sa Eastern Visayas, sinimulan ang resettlement at reconstruction works sa panahon ng administrasyong Aquino para tulunga…
“Inaprubahan ng Investments Promotion Agencies ang halos P1.7 trilyon na investments sa iba't ibang sektor noong 2023, na inaasahang lilikha ng 108, 000 trabaho.”
Vera Files rated this: Nakapanlilinlang
Vera Files says: Ang mga inaprubahang investments ay mga pledge o pangako ng mga Pilipino o dayuhang mamumuhunan. Hindi lahat ng inaprubahang investments ay natutupad. Ang mga ito ay dumaan sa gestation period mula sa pag-apruba hanggan…
“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said "nothing was done" in the past two administrations to rehabilitate the areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: While the plan to rehabilitate the portion of Maharlika Highway in Eastern Visayas was approved by Marcos last March, resettlement and reconstruction works were started during the Aquino administration to help the Visay…
“The Investments Promotion Agencies approved almost P1.7 trillion in investments in various sectors in 2023, which are expected to create 108, 000 jobs.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: Approved investments are pledges or commitments by Filipino or foreign investors. Not all approved investments materialize. These go through a gestation period from approval to the time a business is established and del…
“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. claims he has "not touched" the Arelma and other ill-gotten cases filed against his family since they were living in exile in Hawaii.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: Rulings of the SC in 2012 and 2014 show that Marcos was involved in the litigation of cases related to Arelma, Inc. long after the family returned to the Philippines from exile in Hawaii in 1991.
“The 32-kilometer Cavite-Bataan interlink project will the the world's second longest bridge when completed.”
Vera Files rated this: False
Vera Files says: When completed, the 32.15-kilometer Cavite-Bataan Interlink Bridge will be the second longest in the Philippines, but it is nowhere near the longest in the world. The 157.3-kilometer Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct in Taiwan…
“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says incidents of human rights violations in the Philippines were "down by half" in 2023, compared to the previous year.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs context
Vera Files says: Although Marcos did not cite any basis for the claim, data from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) show that cases of alleged human rights violations did fall in 2023 but not by 50%. CHR recorded 1,608 cases of allege…
“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says the administration will find ways to speed up the move to return as soon as possible to the old academic calendar for elementary and high schools.”
Vera Files rated this: Flip-flop
Vera Files says: Vice President and Education Secretary says the Education department cannot immediately shift to the old school calendar as the agency cannot compromise the health of learners and teachers by taking away their rest peri…
“Many policemen have already been removed from service because they've been found to be liable, cases have been filed. Many are already in jail," President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on how his administration would bring justice to victims of Duterte's drug war.”
Vera Files rated this: Needs Context
Vera Files says: While 177 police officers were reported to have been charged under the Marcos administration for drug-related violations as part of its anti-drug campaign, there have been only two known court convictions related to Dut…
“The International Criminal Court was formed to provide justice to areas where there is no judiciary, no court system, no police, no peace and order.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: Nothing in the Rome Statute—the treaty that established the ICC—states that the Netherlands-based tribunal was formed to provide justice to areas with no justice system. The ICC is intended to complement, not to replace…