VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT worth ‘trillions to quadrillions’ of dollars
A video on YouTube claims that the wealth of President Bongbong Marcos allegedly totals up to quadrillions of dollars. This has no basis.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Government housing program NOT funded by ‘Marcos wealth’
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
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE claims on Marcos wealth and cases reappear
Four previously debunked hoaxes about the wealth and criminal cases of the Marcos family are again making the rounds on social media.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO alleged ‘Marcos gold’ will be used for public spending
Videos are erroneously claiming that the wealth of the Marcoses will be used to fund the projects of President Bongbong Marcos' administration.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos repeat multiple FALSE claims on Marcos cases and wealth
Two videos that made the rounds on social media featured recurring falsehoods about the criminal cases and wealth of the Marcos family.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Sr. NEVER promised to give away his wealth
Ferdinand Marcos’ last will and testaments show that he only entrusted his wealth to his immediate family and not to his countrymen.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcoses DON’T own GMA stocks
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. This is false.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on Imelda Marcos’s acquittal in 1990 fraud case NEEDS CONTEXT
The eight-minute clip tackled only one case.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: TikTok video revives FALSE claims on BNPP, Marcos wealth
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Narvacan Mayor Chavit Singson na ang $650M Marcos Swiss bank deposits ay ‘hindi nakaw’ MALI
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.
