ALAB Analysis | Masagana 99: Ang Pagbabalik
Balak daw ng Marcos Jr administration na ibalik ang programang Masagana 99, na sinimulan noong panahon ni Marcos Sr. Pero bakit umaalma ang mga magsasaka sa muling pagbuhay ng programang ito?...
Ferdinand Marcos
Slicing through the new president’s first budget proposal
As the proposed 2023 national budget is being railroaded in Congress, the new administration’s priorities are now getting clear. What’s in it for the people? Not much, apparently.
FACT CHECK: Anti-Marcos book on sale due to a lack of buyers?
On May 31, Du30 MEDIA Network - a Duterte propaganda Facebook page - released a post claiming that the Ateneo University Press is holding an anti-Marcos book sale due to a lack of buyers. The page posted a screengrab of a promotional post from the Ateneo...
KULANG SA KONTEKSTO: Marcos Jr., ibababa daw sa P20/kilo ang presyo ng bigas kapag nahalal
Nitong Abril 17, naglabas ng pahayag ang Partido Federal ng Pilipinas kung saan nakasaad ang plano ng standard-bearer nito na si Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na ibababa niya tungong P20 ang presyo bawat kilo ng bigas sakaling manalo siya sa eleksyon sa Mayo...
FALSE: The Marcos family has no court convictions
TAGALOG In a video uploaded by WOW Vlog Facebook page, a self-proclaimed political analyst and chairman of the group National Filipinos Against Foreign Intervention (Nat-Fil) Ferdie Pasion claimed that the Marcos family never had any conviction in cases filed in...
FALSE: South Korea and Singapore copied late dictator Marcos’ ‘economic blueprint’
TAGALOG YouTuber John Anthony Jaboya or Sangkay Janjan TV posted on his Tiktok account a 3-part video titled “Ang sekretong Blueprint ni Marcos,” which claimed that there exists a “grand economic plan” created by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos that can supposedly...
FALSE: Campaign to revise historical records of late dictator an effort to ‘correct history’
TAGALOG In an interview with SMNI News, suspended lawyer and senatorial aspirant Lorenzo ‘Larry’ Gadon has made sweeping claims asserting that the campaign to revise historical records about the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos is not “historical revisionism” but rather...
FACT CHECK: Did late dictator Marcos ban child labor?
TAGALOG A TikTok video re-uploaded by the Facebook page ‘Uniteam Bbm-Sara’ listed a series of claims that sought to compare how the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos addressed several issues during his term, to how his successors fared. At the 00:29 mark in the TikTok...
FALSE: Philippines developed the ‘strongest war weapon in the world’ under the late dictator’s presidency
A TikTok video from 2021 is again making rounds on social media, carrying with it a list of claims, one of which is that the Philippines has developed the “strongest war weapon in the world” under the term of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. CLAIM: Under the term...
FACT CHECK: NAIA, PGH, TESDA, SSS, & GSIS established under Marcos administration?
TAGALOG A TikTok video from 2021 loaded with a ton of claims about the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos has again made rounds recently. One of the key claims of the video is that the late dictator built the Manila International Airport (MIA), which was eventually...
FALSE: Marcos Sr. ouster worsened poverty
A Facebook post made by the account "Bbm-Sara Movement Montalban" claimed that the EDSA People Power of 1986 was a “failed revolution” as poverty worsened after the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was ousted. The post further asserted that in the coming 2022...
FACT CHECK: Chavit Singson claims it’s unfair to blame Ferdinand Marcos for human rights violations during Martial Law
In his interview with ANC’s After The Fact on February 18, Narvacan Mayor Chavit Singson claimed that the more than 3,000 recorded deaths and other human rights violations recorded during the Martial Law era are only allegations. He went on to say that the number of...