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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos gold in Philippines-Australia meeting agenda

By VERA Files | Sep 21, 2023 2:44 PM

On the day President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Malacañang, a YouTube video implied that their meeting had something to do with retrieving the Marcos family’s purported gold being kept in Australia. Not true. While there is no basis for the claim that the Marcos family has gold reserves […]

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Marcos’ Australia connection

By Ellen Tordesillas | May 19, 2022 10:02 AM

Taking off from the news that presumptive President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is in Australia, former PCGG Commissioner Ruben Carranza reposted a 2011 VERA Files story about Analisa Hegyesi, the daughter of the late President Ferdinand Marcos with Australian model, Evelyn Hegyesi.

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FACT CHECK

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post claiming US, Australia sent warships to disputed PH territory MISLEADS

By VERA Files | Apr 07, 2021 11:55 AM

There has been no statement from Washington or the Australian government about deploying warships into the disputed waters.

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PCGG to probe Marcos’ secret wealth in Australia

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS | Apr 05, 2011 11:22 AM

THE Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) will look into the reported ill-gotten wealth of the late president Ferdinand Marcos in Australia believed to be under the name of a former swimsuit model whose daughter was reportedly dropped from a reality TV show after producers learned her father was the Philippine dictator.

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