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An acronym for the health department’s Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service centers was presented as a supposed misstatement by the President during his State of the Nation Address
Claim: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in his 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28: “Asahan niyo marami pa tayong bubuksan na bukas (Trust me, we will open more openings).”
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The claim can be found on an August 2 post on the Facebook account of former broadcaster Jay Sonza. There, he appears to take a jab at Marcos by attributing to the President the oddly formulated expression “bubuksan na bukas” (openings to open), which was supposedly mentioned in the 2025 SONA.
As of writing, the post already has around 1,200 reactions, 188 comments, and 15 shares, with several Facebook users poking fun at the President for the supposed misstatement.
One comment read, “Pinagloloko na lang tayo ng presidente, wala na talaga kasing masabi.“
(The president is just fooling us, there’s really nothing left to say.)
Others wrote comments alleging Marcos was supposedly high on drugs, a reference to accusations of drug use by the President.
The facts: The expression that Sonza claimed was supposedly part of the 2025 SONA is a misquote of what Marcos was actually referring to: the Department of Health’s Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS) centers. (READ: FULL TEXT: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s SONA 2025)
The transcript of Marcos’ address reads: “Asahan ninyo, marami pa ang ating bubuksan na BUCAS.”
(Trust me, we will open more BUCAS centers.)
Prior to this statement, Marcos had mentioned that there were already 53 BUCAS centers in 32 provinces in the country providing free X-ray imaging, laboratory tests, and other services. He added that these centers provide urgent outpatient services without the need to go to hospitals.
As for the 2025 SONA itself, which took place halfway into Marcos’ six-year presidential term, the President made various claims about the state of the Philippine economy, agriculture, health care, education, peace and order, infrastructure, sports, international relations, and disaster readiness in light of recent storms that hit the country, among other issues. (READ: Behind the numbers: Contextualizing Marcos’ claims in his fourth SONA)
Previous related fact-checks: Rappler has regularly published fact-checks of false quotes attributed to various individuals.
Rappler has also fact-checked numerous claims from Sonza across several years. – Percival Bueser/ Rappler.com
Percival Bueser is a graduate of Rappler’s fact-checking mentorship program. This fact check was reviewed by a member of Rappler’s research team and a senior editor. Learn more about Rappler’s fact-checking mentorship program here.
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