CLAIM: The Panguil Bridge Project is a “Build, Build, Build” project of President Rodrigo Duterte.
RATING: MISSING CONTEXT
Posts on X (formerly Twitter) have misleadingly claimed that the Panguil Bay Bridge Project is a big-ticket item under ex-President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build Build Build” infrastructure program.
The posts expressed appreciation and gratitude for the former president but ignored the contributions of others.
Records showed that the Panguil Bay Bridge Project was conceived and approved during the late President Benigno Aquino III’s administration. Its funding was signed with the Export-Import Bank of Korea-Economic Development Cooperation Fund before Aquino stepped down from the presidency.
Its construction was overseen by the Duterte administration, reaching completion and inauguration in September 2024. The longest sea-crossing bridge in Mindanao was thus completed under President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr..
As of writing, the posts have drawn 751 likes, 246 shares, and 364 replies. Yesha Ryn Santos
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