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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT changing NAIA to MIA

By VERA Files | Jan 27, 2023 6:05 PM

Another video on YouTube is erroneously claiming that the name of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) will revert to Manila International Airport (MIA). This time, by misrepresenting a clip of an airport inspection of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. On Jan. 25, a YouTube channel published a video with this untrue headline: “KAKAPASOK LANG GRABE! PRES […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE ‘NAIA reverting to MIA’ claim resurfaces

By VERA Files | Jan 05, 2023 10:38 AM

Amid the Manila airport fiasco on New Year’s Day, a YouTube video making the rounds online erroneously claims that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos has ordered the renaming of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Manila International Airport (MIA). This claim is false. Neither the president’s office nor airport authorities made such an announcement. There are […]

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New Year’s Day epic fail at NAIA

By Ellen Tordesillas | Jan 01, 2023 6:14 PM

I had expected that today would be the usual boring New Year’s Day with everybody allowing themselves to be lazy after last night’s “Goodbye 2022, Welcome 2023” activities.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another FALSE claim about NAIA reverting to MIA

By vera files fact check | Sep 22, 2022 1:43 PM

Another Facebook (FB) video is falsely claiming that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos confirmed the renaming of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) back to Manila International Airport (MIA). Posted on Sept. 17, the video carried the caption: “Just In : Sawakas Goodnews Kumpirmad0 Na Pres Marcos Naia To Mia Atty Gadon Pirmado Na Aquino Iyak.” (Just […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NAIA has NOT been renamed Manila Int’l Airport

By VERA Files Fact Check | Aug 24, 2022 6:08 PM

A video erroneously claiming that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has reverted its name to the Manila International Airport (MIA) has been circulating online via Facebook. The FB posts came out a day before the 39th death anniversary of the opposition leader.

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An airport named MAFIA

By Antonio J. Montalván II | Jul 12, 2022 9:42 PM

Of the many new names gamely proposed by some readers for the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in a bid to satirize the proposed bill of Congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr., MAFIA — for Meldy and Ferdie International Airport — was the most impressive.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Legislator’s justification for renaming NAIA misleading

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Katwiran ng mambabatas sa pagpapalit ng pangalan ng NAIA nakaliligaw

By VERA Files | Jul 09, 2022 10:37 AM

Sa isang pahayag sa media noong Hulyo 5, sinabi ni Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. na naghain siya noong Hunyo 30 ng panukalang batas na nagmumungkahi na palitan ang pangalan ng Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) at gawing Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. International Airport. Binigyan-katwiran niya ang panukala sa pamamagitan ng pagsasabing “ginawa” ang paliparan sa ilalim ng administrasyon ng yumaong diktador. Ito ay nakaliligaw.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Legislator’s justification for renaming NAIA misleading

By VERA Files | Jul 09, 2022 10:37 AM

In a statement to the media on July 5, Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. said he filed on June 30 a bill proposing to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. International Airport.

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FACT CHECK: Gadon has NOT succeeded in petition to rename NAIA

By VERA Files | Jul 08, 2022 7:01 PM

A video on Facebook (FB) with nearly half a million views claims lawyer Larry Gadon has “succeeded” in his longstanding petition to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Manila International Airport (MIA). Not true. This erroneous claim on NAIA’s name change has been debunked repeatedly by VERA Files Fact Check since 2018. Then […]

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Arnolfo Teves’s sipsip move to rename NAIA

By Antonio J. Montalván II | Jul 08, 2022 11:54 AM

It was probably the only airport in the world tied to a dictator’s name, but only anecdotally. Often informally referred to as Hitler’s Airport, its official name was actually the Berlin Tempelhof Airport.

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