SUMMARY

Claim: The Philippines has formed its version of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) amid ongoing Chinese hostility in the West Philippine Sea.

Why we fact-checked this: The claim was made in a YouTube video posted on April 6, which has 66,529 views, 1,900 likes, and 365 comments as of writing.

The video’s title and thumbnail bear the text “Pilipinas meron [nang] NATO” (The Philippines now has NATO).

The bottom line: There are no official announcements from Malacañang or reports from reputable news sources supporting the claim. The video’s narrator suggests that the upcoming trilateral summit, to be held by the US, Japan, and the Philippines, is President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s way of kickstarting a fight with China. 

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Source:https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/philippines-not-formed-own-version-nato/