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MANILA, Philippines — A claim that presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. authored the bill that became a landmark law on defining the country’s territorial sea made rounds on social media last week.

CLAIM: Marcos’ website claims that he “authored landmark laws such as the Philippine Archipelagic Baselines law.” The former chairperson of the Duterte’s Build, Build, Build program parroted this in her column in a daily newspaper.

RATING: This is false.

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