CLAIM: ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro died due to a heart attack upon learning that Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached.
RATING: FALSE
A YouTube video falsely claimed that ACT Teachers’ party-list Rep. France Castro died due to a heart attack upon learning about the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.
The video used a black-and-white filtered photo of Castro in the thumbnail to misleadingly imply that she had died.
The thumbnail also displayed an image of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte attending a wake, falsely suggesting that it was Castro’s.
A check of Castro’s official Facebook page showed the claim to be a hoax, as she has been engaged in different events.
On Feb. 11, Castro attended the Makabayan Coalition’s send-off event for its senatorial candidates in the 2025 elections, held at Kartilya ng Katipunan in Manila.
On the same day, she began her “throwback tour” by visiting the Philippine Normal University and Ramon Magsaysay High School.
Castro also visited P. Gomez Elementary School, where she introduced her fellow senatorial candidates from the Makabayan Coalition to parents and students.
The official website of the House of Representatives also did not feature any announcement of the death of Castro.
Meanwhile, the original photo of Duterte used in the thumbnail was taken in 2023 when he visited the wake of former Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño.
As of writing, the video has drawn 5,217 views on YouTube. Leigh San Diego
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