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The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has not reverted to its original name, Manila International Airport (MIA). A bill seeking to rename it remains pending in Congress.

Facebook user AJ Jimenez Jr. posted the false claim on April 20 in the Facebook group “BBM for President” along with a copy of House Bill 10833 filed in the House of Representatives.

Duterte Youth party-list Rep. Ducielle Cardema filed the bill, claiming that the name of the airport has been politicized.

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