VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japan-PH partnership DID NOT use ‘Marcos’ blueprint for highway project
There was no mention of any blueprint or contribution from Marcos.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on Marcos’ 13th month pay law NEEDS CONTEXT
PD 851 was highly selective, covering only employees “receiving a basic salary of not more than P1,000 a month."
A vignette of Marcos profligacy
When I was a college student sometime in the late 70s, my sister’s family invited me to watch the first-ever concert in the Philippines of hitmaker Dionne Warwick.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video with FALSE pro-Marcos claims revived
This includes some which have been debunked several times over.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on P500 banknote to commemorate Marcos is a SATIRE
While some people pointed out that the post was a parody, many netizens thought otherwise.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video makes FALSE claims about Marcos human rights victims, ABS-CBN
In 1995, about 10,000 victims of human rights violations under the Marcos dictatorship won a class-action lawsuit filed in Hawaii.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video with multiple FALSE claims on Marcos’ Swiss bank accounts back online
It claimed, among other things that the money deposited by the Marcoses did not come from ill-gotten wealth.
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.
Ferdinand Marcos: Master in revising history
The execution was macabre and bloody. The man had readily confessed he was a Japanese collaborator.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Revived quote of Enrile on oligarchy NEEDS CONTEXT
The FB page, in its caption, misleadingly attributed Enrile's statement on oligarchs to Bongbong Marcos, whose photo was used in the graphic.
