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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 1988 article does NOT state nun close to Cory Aquino played mahjong

By VERA Files | Aug 05, 2022 10:02 AM

In an attempt to prove that a scene in the film “Maid in Malacañang” is historically accurate, the theater group of its director Darryl Yap on Facebook (FB) cited an article that supposedly states a nun close to the late President Corazon Aquino played mahjong. This is not true. On Aug. 2, FB page VinCentiments […]

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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 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 […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Kurap vs Di Kurap’ video showing road projects and statues as legacies MISLEADING

By VERA Files | Mar 24, 2022 7:57 PM

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.

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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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Graphic makes FALSE, UNPROVEN claims vs Aquino family

By VERA Files | Dec 06, 2021 4:38 PM

A nearly three-year-old Facebook post against the Aquino family is being revived online.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on ‘revised history books’ against Marcoses carries FALSE claims

By VERA Files | Sep 30, 2021 3:35 PM

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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Contrary to MISLEADING FB posts, Cory Aquino’s presidency was constitutional

By VERA Files | Mar 28, 2021 12:32 PM

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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim on Cory Aquino scrapping Marcos-era floodway NEEDS CONTEXT

By VERA Files | Dec 09, 2020 7:45 PM

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.

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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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gadon’s claim on reason of Cory Aquino for stopping BNPP operation FALSE

By VERA Files | Oct 19, 2020 12:11 PM

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.

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