Diosdado Macapagal dies in his daughter
It is time to contrast Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with the norm against the Marcos dictatorship that her father had left us.
FACT-CHECK: Diosdado Macapagal, not Ferdinand Marcos, was the first president to plan a national highway system for the Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos did not propose the construction of the Pan-Philippine highway also known as Maharlika Highway. It was his predecessor, President Diosdado Macapagal, who started the project.