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.
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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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PH NOT richest country in Asia during Marcos era
It also was not “richer” than Japan, Singapore and South Korea during Marcos’ rule.
Duterte’s frequent absences a grim reminder of Marcos’ tricks to hide illness
President Rodrigo Duterte’s frequent public disappearances followed by staged photos to dispel rumors about his health recall the waning years of the dictator, Ferdinand Marcos.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post revives FALSE claim ex-president Marcos scored 98.01% in bar exams
The former chief executive did not get that grade, although he was the bar topnotcher that year with a score of 92.35%.
Like Duterte, her father was a misogynist too, Imee reminds us
Senator Imee Marcos just has to butt in. She defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s low regard for women in politics only to remind us of her father’s similar, if not more atrocious view.
