FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on having left with nothing when exiled in Hawaii is false
VERA Files fact checked in November last year a similar statement by Marcos in a meeting with the Filipino community in Hawaii.
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FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on calling Marcos a ‘drug addict’
After calling President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. a “drug addict,” former president Rodrigo Duterte now says he could have been referring to the use of medicines, not illegal substances.
Bangayang Duterte at Marcos-Romualdez: Polvoron vs. Fentanyl
Masalimuot, nakakatawa, at sobrang nakakahiya itong bangayan ng mga Duterte at pamilya Marcos-Romualdez. Madlang Filipino, kaya pa ba?
FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos’ claim that family suffered in exile for 36 years is FALSE
The Marcoses lived in exile for just five, not 36, years.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Imee Marcos na nagdusa ang pamilya sa exile sa loob ng 36 na taon HINDI TOTOO
Ang mga Marcos ay nanirahan sa exile ng lima lamang, hindi 36, na taon.
FACT CHECK: Rodrigo Duterte calling President Marcos a ‘drug addict’ needs context
This was the first time Rodrigo Duterte mentioned President Ferdinand Marcos’ name in connection with drug abuse.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pagtawag ni Rodrigo Duterte kay Pangulong Marcos na ‘drug addict’ nangangailangan ng konteksto
Ito ang unang beses na binanggit ni Duterte ang pangalan ni Marcos kaugnay ng drug abuse. Sa isang talumpati noong Nob. 18, 2021 sa Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, sinabi ng noo'y presidente na may isang kandidato sa 2022 presidential election na gumagamit ng cocaine, ngunit hindi sinabi kung sino ang kanyang tinutukoy.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos wrongly claims family landed ‘with nothing’ when exiled in Hawaii
The Marcos family did not go into exile empty-handed. In 1986, the U.S. Customs Services seized sets of jewelry, valued in 1991 at $436,420 to $559,630, that the Marcoses brought with them to Honolulu.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Marcos na ‘walang wala’ ang kanilang pamilya nang ipatapon at dumating sila sa Hawaii HINDI TOTOO
Ang pamilya Marcos ay hindi ipinatapon nang walang dala. Noong 1986, kinuha ng United States Customs Services ang mga set ng alahas, na tinaya noong 1991 ng Christie’s auction house na nagkakahalaga ng $436,420 hanggang $559,630, na dinala ng mga Marcos sa Honolulu. Kilala bilang Hawaii Collection, ito ay ibinigay sa gobyerno ng Pilipinas noong 1992.
Duterte: I have no quarrel with Marcos
Duterte, who faces being summoned by the ICC over drug-related killings during his term, says with a veiled warning: “Wala akong away kay presidente, unless you want to join into the fray.”
