A YouTube video claimed that the Philippines recently bought the Australian Defence Vessel Cape Woolamai to “secure the West Philippine Sea” and “protect its territorial waters.” This is not true.
A video uploaded on Facebook (FB) claims to show the United States and Australia’s military vehicles and personnel’s “rapid response” and arrival in the Philippines. This is false.
The Manilamen’s descendants trace their Filipino heritage through food (adobo, dinuguan, andtuba that some descendants recalled their grandfathers produced), music, and dancing and some Filipino words that have become part of Broome’s lexicon.
A YouTube video implied that President Bongbong Marcos and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's meeting had something to do with retrieving the Marcos family’s purported gold being kept in Australia. Not true.
Former PCGG Commissioner Ruben Carranza ties Marcos Sr.'s Australian connection with Swiss bank accounts.
There has been no statement from Washington or the Australian government about deploying warships into the disputed waters.
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.
