VERA Files
A video posted on a Facebook (FB) page claimed that operating the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant’s (BNPP) is feasible, but it’s just being stopped. This needs context, as there are operating costs in billions of dollars to be considered as well safety concerns.
There is no truth to the claim in a circulating video that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has authorized the operation of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The video appeared on Aug. 8 with the headline: “Mga Oligarchs Nagulantang Sa Muling Pagbubukas Ni Pbbm Ng Bataan Nuclear Power Plant|panoorin (Oligarchs shocked by [Marcos’] […]
A satirical post on Facebook (FB) is misleading netizens into believing that former Vice President Leni Robredo said opening the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) would lead to an “explosion.” On July 17, satirical FB page Philippine Daily New Society (created on May 13) published a quote card supposedly about Robredo’s opinion on the revival […]
Netizens revived an unverified 10-year-old audio clip of the late ousted president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. where he criticized his successor Corazon “Cory” Aquino for not allowing the operation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). A TikTok user posted on May 28 a video, which was reuploaded by a Facebook (FB) user on June 1 […]
Three statements on policies allegedly adopted during the administration of the late president Corazon Aquino are part of a video circulating online. Originally posted on May 13 by YouTube channel KAPATID AVINDZ, reuploaded by a TikTok user, and reposted by Facebook (FB) page Mr. Realtaker two days later, the video claimed that: The practice of […]
A TikTok video repeated unproven and false claims about the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) and the wealth of the Marcos family. It gained a million views and a lot of interactions on Facebook before it was deleted.
It is not the first time the clip made the rounds on social media.
Humingi si Sen. Nancy Binay ng isang “komprehensibong pag-aaral” tungkol sa “ano ang gagawin” sa halos apat na dekadang mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) sa pagdinig ng komite ng Senado noong Okt. 13 tungkol sa ipinanukalang budget para sa 2021 ng Department of Energy (DOE).
Sen. Nancy Binay sought a “comprehensive study” on “what to do” with the almost four-decade-old mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) during a Senate committee hearing last Oct. 13 on the proposed budget for 2021 of the Department of Energy (DOE).
Sinabi ng abogadong si Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon na pinigilan ni dating Pangulong Corazon Aquino ang pagpapatakbo ng Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) dahil “ayaw niyang maalala ng mga Pilipino ang pamilya Marcos.” Hindi ito totoo.