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Pia Gutierrez

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174599650907320250314-duterte-pre-trial-chamber-ICC-2.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s initial appearance before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court, March 14, 2025. ICC </span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Malacanang on Wednesday branded as &quot;fake news&quot; a supposed Palace memo calling for its PR team to “redouble their efforts over the next month” to “undo the damage done by the critics against the Malacañang” following the ICC arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.</p><p>“It’s a fake news. Fake,” Palace Press Officer Claire Castro told reporters in a Palace briefing.</p><p>The “fake” memo, supposedly signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on April 15, 2025, outlined the actions allegedly needed to be undertaken by the administration to counter the “sharp drop in approval and trust ratings” of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his administration&#x27;s Senate bets following Duterte’s March 11 arrest. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/4/30/sara-duterte-thanks-imee-marcos-for-senate-probe-on-dad-s-arrest-wants-charges-filed-vs-officials-1027">Sara Duterte thanks Imee Marcos for Senate probe on dad’s arrest, wants charges filed vs officials</a></div><p>These supposedly include efforts to “expand the government’s good governance measures on people’s livelihood issues, actively promote low-price rice project, address key issues such as employment, inflation and labor relations.”</p><p>The “fake” memo also noted the need for President Marcos Jr “to make a determined effort to replace House Speaker Martin Romualdez,” noting claims that “corruption was rampant in Congress under the Speaker’s leadership.” It also claimed that President Marcos Jr. was considering placing Alyansa Spokesperson Rep. Toby Tiangco &quot;as Speaker Candidate if the result in the House is unsatisfactory.&quot;</p><p>“Wag nyo nang pag-abalahan yan. It’s fake. Wag po tayong basta maniniwala sa mga fake documents, sa mga dokumentong nagkakalat-kalat, tandaan natin, uso ngayon ang fake news,” Castro said.</p><p>Bersamin said the supposed memo “should be dismissed as the handiwork of malicious minds.”</p><p>“It has come to our attention that an internal memorandum purportedly issued by the undersigned as Executive Secretary and detailing a discussion of a survey presentation and hinting at a change in the leadership of the House of Representatives has been circulating on social media,” Bersamin said in a statement released to Palace reporters.</p><p>“The Office of the Executive Secretary categorically denies the authenticity of said memorandum. Apparently the spurious memorandum is a blatant attempt to spread disinformation and to sow division in the ranks of the Administration candidates.”</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Qqf8apyVN4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Malacanang on Wednesday branded as "fake news" a supposed Palace memo calling for its PR team to “redouble their efforts over the next month” to “undo the damage done by the critics against the Malacañang” following the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.</p>

Malacanang on Wednesday branded as "fake news" a supposed Palace memo calling for its PR team to “redouble their efforts over the next month” to “undo the damage done by the critics against the Malacañang” following the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

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Palace: Alleged plan to counter Duterte arrest critics is 'fake'

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published Apr 30, 2025 03:03 PM PHT

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Updated Apr 30, 2025 03:35 PM PHT

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