{"id":43616,"date":"2015-02-26T19:54:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T11:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43616"},"modified":"2015-02-26T19:54:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T11:54:21","slug":"bongbong-insists-he-attended-oxford-wharton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/26\/bongbong-insists-he-attended-oxford-wharton\/","title":{"rendered":"Bongbong insists he attended Oxford, Wharton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos being interviewed at the Senate of the Philippines (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. insisted that he graduated from Oxford University in the United Kingdom and Wharton School in the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo set the record straight, my educational record as posted in the Senate website and in my own official website is accurate,\u201d Marcos said.<\/p>\n

The statement was issued following the article written by Marites Vitug claiming that he did not graduate from the said schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur fact-checking shows, however, that Marcos Jr\u2019s claims are false. Oxford University and Wharton School records do not show any Ferdinand Marcos Jr [on] their lists of graduates,\u201d Vitug said.<\/p>\n

Contrary to this, Marcos explained that he really earned a diploma in Oxford.<\/p>\n

\u201cI earned a diploma in political science at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University in England in 1978.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marcos, however, clarified that he was not able to complete his Masters in Business Administration course at Wharton.<\/p>\n

He added that this was because he was elected Ilocos Norte vice governor in 1980.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thereafter did post-graduate studies at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA taking up Masters in Business Administration. I was however unable to complete the course because I was elected Vice Governor of Ilocos Norte and had to return home to serve my province mates (1980-1983),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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