VERA Files
Two videos that made the rounds on social media this month featured recurring falsehoods about the criminal cases and wealth of the Marcos family. These incorrect claims are: The Marcoses […]
A vlogger on Facebook used a YouTube video that falsely claimed that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. promised to give away his wealth to the Filipino people. Official legal […]
A Facebook video used an old report of a 2007 petition by Sen. Imee Marcos, which claimed the Marcos family owned a third of GMA Network, Inc. Uploaded on May […]
The eight-minute clip tackled only one case.
A TikTok video repeated unproven and false claims about the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) and the wealth of the Marcos family. It gained a million views and a lot of interactions on Facebook before it was deleted.
Sinabi ni Luis “Chavit” Singson, mayor ng Narvacan, Ilocos Sur at isang matibay na kaalyado ni Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., na ang mga pondong idineposito sa mga Swiss bank account ng pamilya ng kandidato sa pagkapangulo at nabawi ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas noong 2003 ay “talagang sa kanila ayon sa batas.” Ito ay hindi totoo.
Luis “Chavit” Singson, mayor of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur and a staunch ally of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., claimed that the funds deposited in Swiss bank accounts of the presidential candidate’s family and recovered by the Philippine government in 2003 are “lawfully theirs.” This is false.
The Marcoses lost several court cases before the Supreme Court and the Sandiganbayan.
Prior to the post’s publication, there were at least two Supreme Court (SC) decisions confirming the thievery of the Marcoses.
It claimed, among other things that the money deposited by the Marcoses did not come from ill-gotten wealth.