Rappler and other fact-checking bodies have debunked claims about a supposed ‘Wealth for Humanity’ for the Filipino people and similar claims related to the Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth
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The video’s narrator claims that Marcos named the Filipino people as the beneficiary of a supposed “Wealth for Humanity” fund deposited in the World Bank. Portions of the late dictator’s last will dated March 17, 1982, have been made public in news items published by, stated that his estate would be bequeathed to his wife and children. Neither version mentions a supposed wealth fund for the Filipino people.The video’s supposed evidence for its claim is suspect.
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