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Presidential Communications Office Usec. Claire Castro during a press briefing in Malacañang Palace in Manila on July 18, 2025. Revoli Cortez, PPA pool

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/178356744103220250821-claire-castro-pco-2.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Presidential Communications Office Usec. Claire Castro during a press briefing in Malacañang Palace in Manila on July 18, 2025. <em>Revoli Cortez, PPA pool </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday said it is looking into the &quot;incident&quot; involving Palace Press Officer Claire Castro during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s visit in Canada, where she allegedly experienced &quot;rudeness&quot; from some Filipinos she encountered.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/7/usec-claire-castro-surprised-by-rudeness-of-some-pinoys-in-canada-1413">Usec Claire Castro surprised by &#x27;rudeness&#x27; of some Pinoys in Canada</a></div><p>&quot;The [DFA] is looking into the incident involving [Castro] during the visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to Vancouver, BC, Canada last week,&quot; it said.</p><p>The DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa and the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver have been instructed to coordinate with Canadian authorities in determining the specifics of the incident as well as the applicable laws and security protocols covering visiting foreign dignitaries.</p><p>Castro has said she was<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/7/usec-claire-castro-surprised-by-rudeness-of-some-pinoys-in-canada-1413"> cursed at and received death wishes</a> from some rallyists in Vancouver last week. Several viral videos showed her being confronted and heckled.</p><p>She clarified that she<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/7/6/castro-not-initiating-any-action-against-canada-rallyists-1607"> did not file any complaint</a> against them and that she does not even know their names.</p><p>The identities of the Filipinos involved were posted by netizens on social media.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OJ0dVhrmo-0?si=2t8GFSqdUKgtUm4Z" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said she was cursed at and received death wishes from some rallyists in Vancouver last week.</p>

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said she was cursed at and received death wishes from some rallyists in Vancouver last week.

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DFA looking into 'incident' involving Castro, 'rude' Filipinos in Canada

Marilyn Cahatol,

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Published July 09, 2026 12:02 PM PHT

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