False2026-11
What is circulating
“Palace Press Officer Claire Castro called Vice President Sara Duterte a 'plague' on the country and demanded her resignation.”
Claimed by Facebook page Lathalang Pilipino · social media
The facts
VERA Files found Castro never made the statement. Her actual earlier remarks criticised Duterte's spokesperson Paolo Panelo Jr. after he suggested on 14 September that President Marcos step down. The fake graphic drew over 2,000 reactions and 1,500 comments.