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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: City of Pearl NOT under Duterte or Marcos infra projects

By VERA Files | Dec 02, 2022 11:04 AM

A Facebook (FB) page claimed in a graphic that the City of Pearl infrastructure project is part of the flagship infrastructure programs of former president Rodrigo Duterte and incumbent President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. Not true. It is a public-private partnership project entered into by the City of Manila in 2017. FB page PBBM News uploaded […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB page FALSELY claims North-South railway construction not reported by media

By vera files fact check | Oct 19, 2022 8:43 AM

A video uploaded by a Facebook (FB) page claims news organizations have not reported on the construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR). Not true.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts MISLEADINGLY credit CCLEX to Duterte, again

By VERA Files | Feb 23, 2022 11:11 AM

The project commenced under Aquino, who was president from June 2010 to June 2016.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Aquino ‘quotes’ on infra projects MISLEAD

By VERA Files | Oct 12, 2021 8:23 PM

One quote is fabricated, two need context, while another lacks proof it was actually made.

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SONA 2020 Promise Tracker: Infrastructure

By Ivel John M. Santos and Enrico Berdos | Jul 23, 2021 4:46 PM

During his 2017 State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Rodrigo Duterte promised to usher in a “golden age of infrastructure” to spur development in the country through his “ambitious” Build, Build, Build (BBB) program.

Duterte, infrastructure, SONA 2020, SONA promise tracker

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Opposition NOT AGAINST LRT-2 East extension

By VERA Files | Jun 25, 2021 12:10 PM

This particular project was approved during the term of the late President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

Duterte, infrastructure, LRT-2, Opposition, Robredo, Trillanes

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Collage of ‘Tatak LP’ projects MISLEADS with photo from Indonesia

By VERA Files | Feb 20, 2021 8:50 AM

A photo of this “river without a bridge” was taken not in the Philippines but in North Sumatra, a province in Indonesia.

infrastructure, Leni Robredo, Liberal Party, Noynoy Aquino

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE FB post on ‘Surigao’ bridge actually shows Indonesia, Japan bridges

By VERA Files | Sep 22, 2020 6:17 PM

There are also no records of a “San Benedicto Bridge” in Surigao in the government’s atlas of national bridges.

Duterte, infrastructure, Noynoy Aquino

News SONA 2019 Promise Tracker

SONA 2019 Promise Tracker: Infrastructure

By Ivel John M. Santos | Jul 24, 2020 2:46 PM

With two years remaining in President Rodrigo Duterte’s term, the government is “still committed” to complete “many” of its projects under the government’s ambitious Build, Build, Build (BBB) program.

Duterte, infrastructure, SONA 2019, SONA promise tracker

News SONA 2018 Promise Tracker

SONA 2018 Promise Tracker: Infrastructure

By Ivel John M. Santos | Jul 19, 2019 1:55 PM

The government’s P9-trillion Build, Build, Build program is now halfway to “revolutionizing” public infrastructures in the country, according to Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar.

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