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.
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