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Dennis Gasgonia

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<p>MANILA -- The provincial disaster management chief of Bulacan on Sunday urged vloggers to avoid posting fake news about flash floods for the sake of producing online content. </p><p>Manuel Lukban Jr., head of the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, told DZMM Teleradyo that such online content only caused panic and confusion. </p><p>“Kahapon po kasi naglabasan ng iba&#x27;t ibang mga vlogs. Ang totoo po nito, maraming vlogs na hindi totoo na nagbigay pangamba sa ating mga kababayan sa ating mga kalalawigan,” said Lukban. </p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/weather-traffic/2025/6/6/heavy-rains-trigger-floods-in-some-metro-manila-roads-1716"><strong>Heavy rains trigger floods in some Metro Manila roads</strong></a> </div><p>He said that rains on Saturday caused a swelling Bulacan rivers, but it was not as bad as reported by vloggers. </p><p>“Halos dalawang oras lang naman po nag pag-ulan na yun kung saan yung bandang area ng Meycauayan, Marilao, lalo sa area ng San Jose del Monte. Nagkaroon ng malakas na pagbuhos ng ulan at ito nga ay nagpalakas din ng biglaang pagtaas ng ilog natin,” said Lukban. “Pero it doesn&#x27;t mean ito ay umapaw at maraming nabaha.” </p><p>“Nakakalungkot ang ating mga vloggers para lang makakuha sila ang issue. Kahapon, noong Sabado ay biglang may naglabasan na mayroong flash flood meron daw nagbaha at nagsilikas daw po.” </p><p>Lukban that the water flow in Bulacan has been normal as of Sunday. </p><p>“Ang Bulacan naman sa ngayon ay maayos po, ang mga kailugan po ay mababa naman ang lebel ng tubig, ang ating mga dams po mababa din po at hindi naman nagpapakawala (ng tubig),” he said. </p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/16/para-aque-residents-rue-flooding-due-to-cavitex-c5-construction-1629"><strong>Parañaque residents rue flooding due to Cavitex C5 construction</strong></a> </div><p>He added the Bulacan PDRRMO is also well equipped to monitor impending flooding. </p><p>“Sa ating kalalawigan, nationwide tayo lang po ang may pinaka advance na geospatial monitorial system. Merong forecasting, actual live camera sa mga ating kailugan... kami ay laging nakamonitor para sa kaligtasan ng ating kalalawigan,” said Lukban.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><strong></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/Bmd8LXTwM48?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div>

<p>The provincial disaster management chief of Bulacan on Sunday urged vloggers to avoid posting fake news about flash floods for the sake of producing online content.</p>

The provincial disaster management chief of Bulacan on Sunday urged vloggers to avoid posting fake news about flash floods for the sake of producing online content.

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Bulacan disaster official urges vloggers to stop spreading 'fake news' on flooding

Dennis Gasgonia,

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Published Jun 08, 2025 10:07 PM PHT

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