FactCheck: While it is true that the Philippine economy was on the rise at the start of the Marcos administration, data show that the economy was also already falling during the latter part of Marcos’ dictatorship.
The Philippines got worse after the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown by the EDSA People Power.Bumagsak ang Pilipinas Mula Noong Pinabagsak nila si Marcos
Claim Check, Facebook’s monitoring tool, flagged the video for fact checkers to verify. It was reported at least 11 times on Facebook for containing false information. As of writing, the video had over 90,000 views, 3,700 shares, 7,600 reactions, and 533 comments. It was still being shared as of July 6.
A country’s GDP is the monetary value of all its output of goods and services, which is used to estimate the size of an economy and its growth rate. GDP per capita, meanwhile, is used to measure the average living standards and economic wellbeing of a person in a country. It is calculated by dividing the country’s GDP by its population.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bongbong Marcos asked Cambridge Analytica to ‘rebrand’ family imageRAPPLER EXCLUSIVE: Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, son of the late dictator, approached the highly-scrutinized political data company Cambridge Analytica to “rebrand” the Marcos family’s image on social media.
Read more »
Only South East Asian countries and China can resolve South China Sea dispute — MarcosSenator Imee R. Marcos said Tuesday that while she welcomes the statement of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo throwing US support behind the ownership claim of some Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines, over parts of the South China Sea (SCS), only countries involved in the dispute can resolve it.
Read more »
FALSE: Photo shows cleaned up Pasig River during Duterte's termFactCheck: The two photos were taken in 2011, years before Duterte was elected president.
Read more »
FALSE: Video of Filipino personalities supporting anti-terror lawA video is posted online featuring Filipino personalities reciting a Filipino version of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator to support the anti-terrorism law. The claims in the post are FALSE. Read:
Read more »
[ANALYSIS] How ABS-CBN’s exit will hurt the PH economy'It will seem our laws and regulations can be easily weaponized against certain business interests, at the President’s whim.' Read this ThoughtLeaders analysis piece here:
Read more »
Bongbong Marcos asked Cambridge Analytica to ‘rebrand’ family imageRAPPLER EXCLUSIVE: Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, son of the late dictator, approached the highly-scrutinized political data company Cambridge Analytica to “rebrand” the Marcos family’s image on social media.
Read more »