FALSE. Vice President Sara Duterte and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro exchanged blows on “being a shame to the country.”
FACT. There are no verified records, official statements, or credible reports showing that Duterte or Castro made the quoted remarks against each other.
Investigations into the post reveal that no authenticated video, transcript, press release, or social media post exists from either Duterte or Castro that supports the quotes. The statements circulating online cannot be traced to any official source, making the attribution unverified.
By employing quotation-style formatting and political framing, it implies a direct exchange between high-ranking officials, particularly between the Vice President and Palace Press Officer.
While public exchanges and criticisms between Duterte and Castro have occurred in the past, no reliable source has confirmed that the specific statements in the post were ever made.
Despite the attributed quote to Castro being false, it is true that former President Rodrigo Duterte was identified among the “most corrupt” in 2017 by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
The spread of the false information also coincided with renewed discussions regarding impeachment cases against VP Sara, suggesting a politically motivated context for its circulation.
