Former Presidential Communications Office (PCO) secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles admitted during the House tri-committee (tri-comm) hearing on fake news and disinformation Friday, March 21 that China sponsors seminars abroad for pro-Duterte vloggers from the Philippines. (Video courtesy of House of Representatives)
06:45Ah, dorm. Okay. So was this the first time that your group participated in such a seminar?
06:51I don't know about your group, sir.
06:54Oh, sorry. I mean the group that you were with.
06:57Ngayon ko lang po sila nakasabay.
07:01Ah, so you've been there before?
07:02Yes, sir. There is a cultural exchange agreement between China and the Philippines since 1970s.
07:08I was in Xi'an for an archaeological seminar, part of our cultural exchange agreement because I'm an archaeologist.
07:18So, Mr. Mark Lopez, kayo po ay naging bahagi din ng seminar, tama?
07:23Tama po.
07:25Naka ilang bisita na po kayo o naka ilang seminar na po kayo dito sa state-funded activity ng China?
07:33Sir, yan lang po yung atendan ko po.
07:36Again, again?
07:37Yan lang po ang na-attendan ko.
07:40Ito lang po yung nadaluhan ninyo?
07:42Yes, sir.
07:46Sir, pakorek lang po. Yung punta ko sa Xi'an, no, so conference on cultural property.
07:53Would you think that the seminar that you attended affected your perspective or the work that you do?
08:04Ako po, o si Mr. Mark Lopez.
08:07Kayo po, Ms. Cruz. Kasi yun naman po yung layunin ng mga seminars, diba, para mas palawakin ang inyong pag-unawa, mas pagalingin kayo sa trabaho na ginagampanan ninyo.
08:19So, sa panaginip po ba nakatulong ang mga seminars na ito sa trabahong ginagampanan ninyo?
08:25Abogado po ako at isang dalubhasa, I think, sa cultural conservation.
08:35So, yung seminar, it includes a history of China, which also includes an understanding of the area.
08:43Matagal ko na pong napag-aralan yun. So, medyo yung iba don, ulit na.
08:49Pero ang bago ay yung short form, yung pagturo nila ng short form type of video, which is a technical, parang technical na seminar yun, na tinuturuan kung paano gumamit ng ibang mga platforms at yung pagturo ng appreciation ng short form.
09:09Ang short form po, yun po yung mga reels, yung mga TikTok, at saka yung one minute videos ng YouTube.
09:18At I'm sure yung nag-gain ninyo at napakinabangan po ninyong additional knowledge is the same with those other participants in the seminar.
09:29Am I true to understand that, Mr. Lopez? Am I correct to understand that?
09:35Mr. Chair, yung aking takeaway dun po sa seminar na yan is that it's just an appreciation of how China media works.
09:44Q. And from the other participants in today's hearing, were there other individuals there?
09:51A. Kayo po.
09:56Hindi po kasi kayo nakilala sa litrato. Sino po kayo? Have you taken your oath?
10:03Q. And also, may I just ask why you are here today?
10:34We are luminous, the Facebook page and the YouTube page.
10:39Q. So you mentioned that you're partners?
10:42A. Law partners and also on the blog, sir, on the Facebook and YouTube page.
10:49Q. So abugado po kayo?
10:50A. Yes, sir.
10:51Q. Okay. So kayo po ay nandun din po sa seminar?
10:54A. Yes, sir.
10:55Q. Ano pong pangalan nila?
10:57A. Ahmed Paglinawan.
10:59Okay. Thank you very much.
11:00So anyway, that's all I have to ask, Mr. Chair.
11:04Thank you very much. At least inamin po ng ating resource persons na kinabang po sila dun sa state-sponsored seminar.
11:14Mas naindindihan nila yung paggamit ng mga reels, ng mga threads, ng mga short videos.
11:21Ang pakiusap ko lang sana itong dagdag kakayahan na naibahagi po nila sa inyo ay magamit niyo po para sa kapakinabangan ng bansang Pilipinas.
