Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Archives

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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Marcos Sr. and the April Fools affair

By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes, Joel F. Ariate Jr., and Larah Vinda Del Mundo | Apr 01, 2023 4:26 PM

It was an April Fools’ day story that played out in the pages of the Bangkok Post 50 years ago, but the ending lies buried among the papers that the Marcos family left behind when they fled Malacañang in 1986.

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VERAFIED: Marcos’ order not to shoot at civilians at EDSA NEEDS CONTEXT

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ order not to shoot at civilians at EDSA NEEDS CONTEXT

By VERA Files | Mar 06, 2023 2:05 PM

A Facebook (FB) post claimed that former president Ferdinand Marcos ordered soldiers to “disperse the crowd at EDSA without shooting them” because he did not want to hurt Filipinos. This needs context.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gadon falsely claims that human rights violations under Marcos Sr. regime were mere propaganda of ‘yellows’

By VERA Files | Mar 02, 2023 12:11 PM

According to the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission, there were 11,103 people who suffered under the Marcos regime and eligible to receive compensation from the P10-billion fund forfeited from the Swiss accounts of the late dictator’s family.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Gadon na propaganda lamang ng mga ‘dilaw’ ang mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa ilalim ng rehimeng Marcos Sr. HINDI TOTOO

By VERA Files | Mar 02, 2023 12:11 PM

Dokumentado ng Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission ang 11,103 biktima ng ang mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa rehimeng Marcos na itinuturing na karapat-dapat na tumanggap ng mga kompensasyon na nagmula sa P10-bilyong pondo mula sa Marcos Swiss account.

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Commentary

How much did the Marcoses exactly steal?

By Antonio J. Montalván II | Feb 10, 2023 5:18 PM

Thirty-seven years have passed and that question obstinately nags at our national psyche since the start of the recovery of the Marcos ill-gotten wealth in 1986.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Jr.’s claim that rice now at P25 per kilo statement needs context

By VERA Files | Dec 02, 2022 5:27 PM

The P25 per kilo rice is available only in Kadiwa ng Pasko caravan stores which operate in limited areas at designated dates and time in Metro Manila and in the provinces of Oriental Mindoro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao de Oro.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos Jr. na ang bigas ngayon ay nasa P25 kada kilo nangangailangan ng konteksto

By VERA Files | Dec 02, 2022 5:27 PM

Noong Disyembre 1, sinabi ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na papalapit na ang kanyang administrasyon sa kanyang layunin na ibaba ang presyo ng bigas sa P20 kada kilo ngayong ibinebenta na ito sa halagang P25 kada kilo. Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.

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