Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Archives

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Vlogger, nagpapakalat ng MAPANLINLANG na impormasyon tungkol sa diktaduryang Marcos

By VERA Files | Oct 07, 2023 6:04 PM

(Editor’s Note: Unang inilathala ang fact-check na ito sa Ingles noong Sept. 21, 2023.) Isang vlogger ang nagpapakalat ng mapanlinlang na impormasyon tungkol sa papel na ginampanan nina dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Sr. at dating senador Ninoy Aquino sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Noong Aug. 8, ilan sa mga sinabi ng pro-Marcos vlogger na si Alona […]

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thumbnail_Front page of Tufts Observer 28 October 1977

The failed bid of Marcos Sr. to do a Romualdez

By Joel F. Ariate Jr. | Sep 07, 2023 2:12 PM

It was in 1977, and not 1981, that Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. pledged a $1.5 million endowment to Tufts University. It was not the Philippine government that made the commitment; it was the Marcos Foundation.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sen. Revilla errs in claiming Imelda Marcos ‘instituted’ flood control tax

By VERA Files | Aug 14, 2023 2:47 PM

“The council and flood tax were clearly not proposals emanating from either head of the conjugal dictatorship,” according to the Marcos Regime Research Group of the UP Third World Studies Center.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mali ang pahayag ni Sen. Revilla na si Imelda Marcos ang utak ng flood control tax

By VERA Files | Aug 14, 2023 2:47 PM

“Ang mga panukalang nagtatag sa MMFCDC at sa flood tax ay malinaw na hindi direktang nagmula sa mag-asawang Marcos,” ayon sa Marcos Regime Research Group ng UP Third World Studies Center.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE video of Marcos criticizing Filipino voters appears on FB

By VERA Files | Jul 12, 2023 8:38 PM

A Facebook (FB) video supposedly showing the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. questioning Filipinos who voted for actors into the Senate is gaining traction. This is a tampered version of a photo of the ousted leader shortly after he was exiled to Hawaii. The video is what is called a ‘cheap fake’. Marcos had long […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos omits crucial context on Masagana 99

By VERA Files | Jun 23, 2023 11:59 AM

Seven years after Masagana 99 was launched in May 1973, the program became inconsequential and was quietly discontinued in 1984, according to a research by the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center (UP TWSC).

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos hindi binanggit ang mahalagang konteksto sa Masagana 99

By VERA Files | Jun 23, 2023 11:59 AM

Pitong taon matapos ilunsad ang Masagana 99 noong Mayo 1973, naging walang kabuluhan ang programa at tahimik na itinigil noong 1984, ayon sa pananaliksik ng University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Former president Marcos Sr. was NOT ADB’s founder

By VERA Files | May 26, 2023 8:13 AM

A YouTube video falsely claimed that the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. established the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Marcos Sr. was not ADB’s founder, though he inaugurated the regional bank’s headquarters in the country during his first term as president in 1966. The ADB was established through the efforts of the United Nations (UN)’ Economic […]

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Groundbreaking ceremony in Apatot, San Sebastian, Ilocos Sur for the Marcos monument. Photo from the Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur’s Facebook page, April 21, 2023.

A Marcos monument for a dubious wartime deed to rise in Ilocos Sur

By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes and Joel F. Ariate Jr. | May 16, 2023 7:00 AM

Even in pro-Marcos propaganda about Ferdinand Sr.’s war-time exploits, there is no direct link between Marcos and the USS Gar.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Sr.’s FALSE bar exam grade reappears after release of 2022 Bar results

By VERA Files | Apr 18, 2023 5:04 PM

The untrue claim that the late president Ferdinand Marcos obtained “the highest score ever in the history of Philippine bar exams” was revived a day after the Supreme Court (SC) announced the 2022 Bar Examination passers. Infographics posted on three Facebook (FB) pages and a Twitter account erroneously stated this: “UP Diliman student, Ferdinand Marcos […]

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