Julia Christine Botin

Marcoleta wants to face vlogger who called him 'demonyo'

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David Dizon

ABS-CBN News

<p>Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta on Friday asked the House Tri-Committee to summon a vlogger who called him a demon.</p><p>Video shown during the hearing showed the vlogger, identified as Epifanio Labrador, cursing Marcoleta and calling him “diablo.”</p><p>“Itong si Marcoleta ay talagang demonyo din na katulad ni [Pastor Apollo] Quiboloy…Diablo din tulad ni Quiboloy,” Labrador said.</p><p>Labrador has publicly criticized Marcoleta for endorsing the senatorial bid of Quiboloy, founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ religious group in Davao City, despite accusations that the latter is a rapist. Quiboloy was arrested and detained last year due to charges of human trafficking. </p><p>Quiboloy and Marcoleta are both on the PDP-Laban senatorial slate in the May 2025 midterm elections.</p><p>Marcoleta, a member of the Iglesia ni Cristo, said the committee should summon the vlogger to address these kinds of false narratives.</p><p>“Pati ako pinagmumura niya, tinawag niya akong demonyo pero hindi po ako kumikibo…Dapat ipatawag natin,” he said.</p><p>“Kahit ano pang sabihin nila, I will just stay as I am, as transparent and accountable as I am. Darating din ang panahon na these people will be rendered useless at walang maniniwala sa kanila.”</p><p>The House Tri Committee is investigating the proliferation of fake news in social media. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/18/sick-of-fake-news-tap-your-emotional-intelligence-advocate-suggests-1801">Sick of fake news? Tap your &#x27;emotional intelligence,&#x27; advocate suggests</a></div><p>A Social Weather Stations survey earlier showed 59 percent of Filipinos considered the spread of fake news on social media to be a serious issue, while 20 percent think it was not serious.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/13/most-filipinos-say-fake-news-on-internet-a-serious-problem-sws-1240">Most Filipinos say &#x27;fake news&#x27; on internet a &#x27;serious&#x27; problem — SWS</a></div><p>The committee earlier said 11 social media personalities and vloggers could face contempt and detention if they continued skipping its probe on disinformation.</p><p>Those who may face contempt and detention include former Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Atty. Trixie Cruz-Angeles, former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lorraine Marie Badoy-Partosa Aeron Peña, and Allan Troy “Sass” Rogando Sasot.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/3/19/vloggers-risk-detention-if-they-continue-snubbing-house-probe-1207">Vloggers risk detention if they continue snubbing House probe on disinformation</a></div>

<p>Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta on Friday asked the House Tri-Committee to summon a vlogger who called him a demon.</p>

Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta on Friday asked the House Tri-Committee to summon a vlogger who called him a demon.