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CLAIM: Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has replaced lawyer Vic Rodriguez as the newest spokesman of former Senator Bongbong Marcos.

RATING: SATIRE

An artcard circulating online has fooled some netizens into believing that presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has replaced lawyer Vic Rodriguez as spokesman of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

A story attached to the image quoted Rodriguez as saying that by appointing Mpreno as spokesperson, the Marcos camp was “creating new jobs as early as now.”

The artcard and the article dated April 20 are SATIRICAL.

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