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Tag: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

  • VERA FILES FACT CHECK: BNPP’s non-operation NEEDS CONTEXT
    Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: BNPP’s non-operation NEEDS CONTEXT

    By VERA Files Fact Check  |  Oct 21, 2022 1:10 PM

    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.

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, bnpp

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT order the operation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 12, 2022 12:11 PM

    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 […]

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, bongbong marcos

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens fall for SATIRE on Robredo, Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 21, 2022 10:45 AM

    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.” […]

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Leni Robredo, satire

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Audio of Marcos Sr. denouncing Cory Aquino over nuclear plant UNPROVEN

    By vera files fact check  |  Jul 05, 2022 8:47 PM

    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

  • Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video carries FALSE claims on policies during Cory Aquino’s admin

    By vera files fact check  |  May 17, 2022 4:06 PM

    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 […]

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, contractualization, Cory Aquino, false, ROTC, YouTube

  • 030822 FALSE Enrile on Marcos nuclear plan_WEB copy.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: TikTok video revives FALSE claims on BNPP, Marcos wealth

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 10, 2022 5:27 PM

    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.

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Marcos wealth

  • 012722 NO BASIS Marcos speech video_WEB.png
    Categories FACT CHECK PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO BASIS for Marcos tape denouncing Cory Aquino over Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 28, 2022 5:11 PM

    It is not the first time the clip made the rounds on social media.

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Cory Aquino, Ferdinand Marcos

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Di ginagamit na higanteng power plant, Bataan Nuclear Power Plant ipinaliwanag

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 25, 2020 3:25 PM

    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).

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: A sleeping power giant, Bataan Nuclear Power Plant explained

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 25, 2020 2:23 PM

    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).

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hirit ni Gadon na dahilan ni Cory Aquino sa pagpigil sa operasyon ng BNPP HINDI TOTOO

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 19, 2020 1:55 PM

    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.

    #verafiedPH, Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, Cory Aquino, false claim, Lorenzo Gadon

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