Roi Vincent V.

Montenegro
BSE-MATH 4 | GEWORLD

Two Universities and a Mall Joined the Pink Revolution to Support Leni Robredo

THE TRUTH: The Rustan’s Ayala Center in Cebu lighted their mall pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
Month, which is in October. While the DLSU Building in Pink Lights is a photo from their 2018 FB Post
about the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. Lastly, the UST photo was from their Pasukhan
Celebration 2020.
[DLSU FB Post: https://www.facebook.com/DLSU.Manila.100/posts/2100392503337907]
[Rustan’s Ayala Center Cebu: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=230101892478123]
[UST Site:varsitarian.net/news/20201219/virtual-ust-paskuhan-concert-raises-funds-for-typhoon-victims]

Senator Bong Go Fired Vice President Leni Robredo and Forces DOH Sec. Duque to Resign

THE TRUTH: Senators have no power to fire an elected official like VP Leni Robredo. Moreover, Go did
not force Duque to resign. Duque is still the DOH Secretary.
[VERAFILES FACT CHECK: https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-go-did-not-remove-robredo-duque-office]
1986 EDSA People Power: Reason for the Closure of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

THE TRUTH: The Powerplant was closed by the succeeding administrations after Marcos because of
safety and quality concerns. The Powerplant was located in a fault line and near a volcano. Moreover,
the money used to build this, which is US$50.6, was declared to be ‘ill-gotten’ by the Sandiganbayan.
[VERAFILES FACT CHECK: https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-check-gadons-claim-reason-cory-aquino-stoppi]
[VERAFILES FACT CHECK: https://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-fact-sheet-sleeping-power-giant-bataan-nuclear-po]

IMEE MARCOS’ DEGREE IN PRINCETON, DELETED BECAUSE OF POLITICS

THE TRUTH: Imee Marcos started her major field of Independent Concentration in Religion and Politics
at Princeton but hasn’t finished because she failed the subjects. 'Our records do not show that Ms.
Marcos was awarded a degree,' says Princeton Deputy University spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss
in an email to Rappler.
[RAPPLER NEWS ARTICLE: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/false-imee-marcos-princeton-degree]
MARCOS ERA IS THE GOLDEN ERA FOR ECONOMY

THE TRUTH: Based on the economists and experts, our economy declined in the Marcos Era. We
lost two decades of economic growth, we were named as the “Sick Man” of Asia, the
administration borrow money too quickly, manufacturing stagnated, the unemployment rate
increases, and many more. Furthermore, Ferdinand Marcos was in the Guinness Worl Book of
Record under the name ‘Greatest Robbery of a Government’.
[GUINNESS: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/65607-greatest-robbery-of-a-government]
[RAPPLER NEWS ARTICLE: https://www.rappler.com/voices/imho/marcos-economy-golden-age-philippines]