CLAIM: Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia claims that the venue for UniTeam’s Grand political rally can accommodate 300,000.
RATING: FALSE
Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia, an ally of the Marcos-Duterte tandem, claimed that the UniTeam Festival Rally in Cebu City on April 18 drew 300,000 supporters.
“Do the math, the rally site at Filinvest Development Corp. on South Road Properties in Cebu City is a 30-hectare lot and one hectare is 10,000 sq.m. Multiply 30 by 10,000 equals 300,000 at least, if we are to give an allowance of one sq.m. per person. Period,” said Garcia, as quoted by a SunStar Cebu article.
Cebu-based news outlets The Freeman Newspaper and CDN Digital quoted local police making the same crowd estimate.
This claim is FALSE.
The Citi De Mare, Filinvest Grounds, venue of the UniTeam’s sortie, covered 2.9974 hectares or 299,974 sq.m. and not the full 30-hectare (ha.) property of Filinvest as falsely claimed by Garcia.
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