VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pro-Bongbong Marcos FB accounts MISLEAD with list of Oxford alumni
“The term ‘alumni’ is not synonymous with ‘graduates’. One can be an alumnus without graduating,” it said in an email response to VERA Files Fact Check.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming Bongbong Marcos authored only ‘one bill’ as senator MISLEADING
Marcos served in the Senate from 2010 to 2016, covering both the 15th and 16th Congress. In his first three years, he was listed as an author of 49 Senate bills and a co-author of two.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NAIA is NOT a Marcos project
The international airport already existed long before Marcos took office.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE claim that PH was second richest to Japan under Marcos era reappears online
The Philippines never ranked second to Japan between 1965 and 1986.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on ‘revised history books’ against Marcoses carries FALSE claims
Historians tell otherwise, as the Marcoses have a history of commissioning books with their own version of their story about former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and his 21-year-old martial law rule.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO U.S. bashing of Bongbong Marcos, as video claims
Neither Trump nor Biden made comments towards Marcos recently, as shown by the lack of official record from the U.S. government or any report from legitimate media organizations.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens resurface INACCURATE claims about Martial Law
That the opposition leader during the Marcos dictatorship founded two rebel organizations which prompted the declaration of martial law is unsubstantiated.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imelda Marcos ‘quote’ denying family had stolen MISLEADS
The Marcoses have been found guilty of amassing ill-gotten wealth in several instances.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO confirmation of Bongbong Marcos-Sara Duterte tandem in 2022 polls
Marcos has not announced final plans for next year's national elections. And in a July 27 interview with DZRH radio host Deo Macalma, the former senator said he has asked the Davao City mayor about her own plans in the 2022 polls but the latter has not made a decision yet.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Revived quote of Enrile on oligarchy NEEDS CONTEXT
The FB page, in its caption, misleadingly attributed Enrile's statement on oligarchs to Bongbong Marcos, whose photo was used in the graphic.
