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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT retrieve so-called family wealth in Singapore

By VERA FILES | Sep 22, 2023 5:18 PM

A YouTube video falsely claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had recovered his family’s bank account in Singapore. Not true. The president’s official visit to the country on Sept. 13 to 17 had nothing to do with reclaiming their purported bank deposits. Uploaded on Sept. 17, the video is a clickbait that only played clips […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos gold in Philippines-Australia meeting agenda

By VERA Files | Sep 21, 2023 2:44 PM

On the day President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Malacañang, a YouTube video implied that their meeting had something to do with retrieving the Marcos family’s purported gold being kept in Australia. Not true. While there is no basis for the claim that the Marcos family has gold reserves […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos does NOT have tons of gold in Indonesia

By VERA Files | Sep 14, 2023 11:19 AM

Two YouTube videos falsely claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has once again withdrawn his family’s unproven million metric tons of gold reserves, this time in Indonesia. These are clickbait to unrelated videos. When clicked, the video only showed a clip of Marcos and other leaders arriving at the Jakarta Convention Center for the opening […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT retrieve $987B from Belgian bank

By VERA Files | Sep 08, 2023 12:37 AM

A Facebook (FB) Reel is claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos has recovered a bank account in Belgium that supposedly contains billions of dollars. This is fake. The Aug. 20 Reel bore this text: “pilipinas mag handa na.. tayo na ang pinaka mayaman sa lahat. PBBM kinuha na ang marcos account sa beldium (sic) $987B (Philippines, […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT withdraw unproven foreign deposit

By VERA Files | Aug 10, 2023 1:23 PM

A video repeated a false claim that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has withdrawn his family’s alleged $987 billion foreign bank deposit. This is a clickbait to an unrelated video. When clicked, the video showed clips of relief operations for victims of Super Typhoon Egay and the state visit of European Union (EU) officials several days […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sandiganbayan, NOT Supreme Court, dismissed Marcos ill-gotten wealth case

By VERA Files | Jul 06, 2023 4:22 PM

(UPDATED) A YouTube video claims that the Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed an ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcoses. Not true. On June 27, the Sandiganbayan’s Second Division, not the SC’s Second Division, dismissed Civil Case No. 0014 against former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr., former first lady Imelda Marcos, and eight other alleged associates. The […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video carries FALSE claims on Maharlika fund, Marcos wealth

By vera files fact check | Jan 30, 2023 5:32 PM

A YouTube video made a number of untrue claims about the purported wealth of the Marcos family and the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF). Below, VERA Files Fact Check debunks five false claims made in the video published Jan. 15 video by YouTube channel Filipino Future (created on Feb. 23, 2020). Claim #1 Claim Rating […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT worth ‘trillions to quadrillions’ of dollars

By VERA Files | Nov 28, 2022 11:48 AM

A video on YouTube claims that the wealth of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. allegedly totals up to quadrillions of dollars. This has no basis. On Nov. 13, a YouTube channel published the video that is still making the rounds online this week. Its headline read: ”Mga Hari, Monarch at Lider Ng ASEAN Kinikilala si PBBM […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Government housing program NOT funded by ‘Marcos wealth’

By VERA Files | Oct 07, 2022 5:07 PM

A vlogger claimed that the “Marcos wealth” will be used to fund the new administration’s Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino program. This is false. Posted on Oct. 2, the incorrect four-minute Facebook (FB) video carried the caption: “Goodnews! Marcos Wealth ipopondo na para sa sambayanang Pilipino! 6M units pabahay ni PBBM nag-umpisa na (Marcos Wealth […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE claims on Marcos wealth and cases reappear

By VERA Files | Oct 07, 2022 4:53 PM

Four previously debunked hoaxes about the wealth and criminal cases of the Marcos family are again making the rounds on social media. Originally posted by a YouTube channel on Sept. 19 and reuploaded on a Facebook (FB) page on Oct. 3, a video carried these claims: The Supreme Court failed to prove that the Marcoses […]

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