VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 1988 article does NOT state nun close to Cory Aquino played mahjong
The theater group of “Maid in Malacañang” director Darryl Yap falsely claimed a nun close to the late President Corazon Aquino played mahjong.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video carries FALSE claims on policies during Cory Aquino’s admin
False claims about contractualization, ROTC, and Bataan Nuclear Power Plant under administration of the late president Corazon Aquino.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Kurap vs Di Kurap’ video showing road projects and statues as legacies MISLEADING
Many of the bronze busts, statues and monuments were not built during the terms of both Aquinos. Some of the statues were also privately funded or donated by artists.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO BASIS for Marcos tape denouncing Cory Aquino over Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
It is not the first time the clip made the rounds on social media.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Graphic makes FALSE, UNPROVEN claims vs Aquino family
A nearly three-year-old Facebook post against the Aquino family is being revived online.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on ‘revised history books’ against Marcoses carries FALSE claims
Historians tell otherwise, as the Marcoses have a history of commissioning books with their own version of their story about former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and his 21-year-old martial law rule.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Contrary to MISLEADING FB posts, Cory Aquino’s presidency was constitutional
This is misleading. In May 1986, or three months after Marcos’ 20-year rule was put to an end by the Feb. 22-25 People Power Revolution, the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed three petitions that challenged the legitimacy of Aquino’s presidency.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim on Cory Aquino scrapping Marcos-era floodway NEEDS CONTEXT
As typhoons submerged parts of Luzon in floodwater in November, an infographic circulated on Facebook (FB) pointing out that the late President Corazon “Cory” Aquino had mothballed a flood control project of her predecessor Ferdinand Marcos. This lacks context.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hirit ni Gadon na dahilan ni Cory Aquino sa pagpigil sa operasyon ng BNPP HINDI TOTOO
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gadon’s claim on reason of Cory Aquino for stopping BNPP operation FALSE
Lawyer Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon claimed former president Corazon Aquino stopped the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) from operating because she “didn’t want Filipinos to remember the Marcos family.” This is not true.