Fake news peddler
Meanwhile, Castro tagged Senator Marcos as a fake news peddler after she aired her dismay over the Department of Agriculture importing cabbage, calling the DA the “Department of Angkat” (Department of Imports).
“I personally talked to DA Secretary Kiko Tiu Laurel during the UPLIFT Committee meeting, and he denied Senator Marcos’ allegations,” Castro said. “The DA is not importing cabbage.” “Senator Imee should be asked where her information is coming from. As far as Secretary Laurel is concerned, it’s fake news,” she added.
Asked if the Palace was issuing the same warning to Senator Marcos for spreading fake news as it does to other fake news peddlers, Castro said it was up to the National Bureau of Investigation to act, adding that the government does not give warnings to fake news peddlers.
“We do not give any warning to fake news peddlers,” she said in Filipino. “What we are saying is that whatever fake news is found to have been spread, the NBI has the mandate to investigate it.”
The NBI earlier arrested former broadcast journalist and known Duterte supporter Jay Sonza for spreading a fake medical bulletin on President Marcos on his Facebook page.
Sonza was released by the NBI on Monday after he posted a P10,000 bail.
