CLAIM: Former president Rodrigo Duterte sang “Pilipinas Kong Mahal.”
RATING: FALSE
A YouTube content creator falsely claimed that former president Rodrigo Duterte sang the patriotic song “Pilipinas Kong Mahal.”
The video was captioned as “Duterte, umawit ng kantang Pilipinas kong Mahal para makuha ang simpatya ng taumbayan.”
Epifanio Labrador, owner of the YouTube account, argued that Duterte should be ashamed of singing the patriotic song given his pro-China decisions during his presidency.
The original video, in which Duterte appears to be singing, was uploaded on TikTok by user yolakvlogs. The video now has some 85,600 likes.
A small “AI content” label appears at the bottom of the video, indicating it was AI-generated, but in Labrador’s video, this label was cropped out.
The portion used in the AI-generated video was originally from a clip of Duterte delivering a message before his plane landed on the Netherlands. The original video was posted on Duterte’s official Facebook account.
As of writing, the YouTube video has 5,589 views, 592 likes, and 162 comments. Milyn Carreon
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