FACT CHECK: Claire Castro statement on Marcos’ ‘failing’ health is fake

2026-02-04 - 06:06

Claim: Palace press officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. does not have long to live after he was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A Facebook page named “Celeb News” posted a graphic on February 2 showing a photo collage of Marcos lying in a hospital bed and Castro speaking at a press conference. Text on the image, implied to be a statement of Castro’s, reads, “May taning na ang buhay ng presidente (The President does not have long to live).”