VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts MISLEADINGLY credit CCLEX to Duterte, again
The project commenced under Aquino, who was president from June 2010 to June 2016.
The project commenced under Aquino, who was president from June 2010 to June 2016.
One quote is fabricated, two need context, while another lacks proof it was actually made.
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.
This particular project was approved during the term of the late President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.
A photo of this “river without a bridge” was taken not in the Philippines but in North Sumatra, a province in Indonesia.
There are also no records of a “San Benedicto Bridge” in Surigao in the government’s atlas of national bridges.
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.
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.
SONA 2017 promises on infrastructure
Pinoy Ako Blog (PAB) wrongly claimed a flood control project in Pampanga is under the “Build, Build, Build” program.