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FACT-CHECK: Diosdado Macapagal, not Ferdinand Marcos, was the first president to plan a national highway system for the Philippines - #PressOnePH

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.

Source: FACT-CHECK: Diosdado Macapagal, not Ferdinand Marcos, was the first president to plan a national highway system for the Philippines - #PressOnePH