VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT order Navy, PCG to surround Chinese ships at Recto Bank
A Facebook page (FB) reposted a YouTube video falsely claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the country’s Navy and Coast Guard to surround Chinese ships at Recto Bank. Marcos has made no such order, contrary to the video narrator’s claim quoting the chief executive as saying he would defend the Philippines’ sovereignty and rights […]