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%.
The former chief executive did not get that grade, although he was the bar topnotcher that year with a score of 92.35%.
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.
Without fail every December, siblings Imee and Bongbong remind us on social media that were it not for their father, the late Ferdinand Marcos Sr, Filipino workers would not be enjoying their 13th month pay.
It was a Marcos decree than introduced the provisions on contracting and subcontracting.
No evidence support the extravagant claim.
A day after the May 13 elections, the “Marcos Centennial” and “Kabataang Barangay Worldwide” accounts in Facebook became inaccessible.
A March 30 story by trendstarnewsph.press about the late Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. taking a jab at former President Ferdinand Marcos’ San Juanico Bridge project misinforms.
By MIGUEL PAOLO P. REYES AND JOEL F. ARIATE JR. IN the rules of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, AFP Regulations G 161-375 to be exact, only two conditions disqualify deceased personnel from being buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The first is dishonorable discharge from the service; the second is […]
By LEILANIE ADRIANO
SEPTEMBER is the month Filipinos recall the darkest period in the history of Philippine democracy when President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law on Sept. 21, 1971.
By ELIZABETH LOLARGA
CALLED “the heroic generation,” these are baby boomers who forsook their parents’ post-war dreams for them to finish a college education, find a stable job and settle down but instead took tremendous risks in defying the state’s force to fight for seemingly abstract rights that today’s youth take for granted, freedom of expression and being able to vote for the President of one’s choice, among others.