Months after the death of Rustan’s Paolo Tantoco, the country’s First Lady, Liza Araneta-Marcos, is hounded by talk over her supposed links to his death. Malacañang’s press officer Claire Castro blasts supposed ‘obstructionists’ and ‘fake news’ peddlers who link the First Lady to the death of Tantoco.
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00:00Months after the death of Rostanz Paulo Tantoco, the country's First Lady, Liza Araneto Marcos, is hounded by talk over her supposed links to his death.
00:11Malacan Young's Press Officer Claire Castro blasts supposed obstructionists and fake news peddlers who linked the First Lady to the death of Tantoco, the husband of her Deputy Social Secretary, Dina Arroyo Tantoco.
00:23Senator Aimee Marcos, the President's sister, had also released a statement calling for a comprehensive report on the First Lady's whereabouts.
00:31The palace categorically denies the First Lady was held by any law enforcers.
00:36She was in the U.S. for the Manila International Film Festival held from March 4 to 7.
00:42Castro adds Tantoco was not part of Araneto Marcos' delegation and did not stay in the same hotel as the First Lady.
00:53Facebook ay isang malaking kasinungalingan, ginagamit ng iba mga obstructionists para masira ang First Lady, ang Pangulo at ang administrasyon na ito.
01:08Unang-una, si Mr. Paulo Tantoco ay hindi po kasama sa official entourage ng unang ginap.
01:16Nakakahiya dahil gumawa sila ng peking police report.
01:23Naturingan journalists, mga dating spokespersons, hindi marunong mag-imbestigan na sarili.
01:31The palace press officer also accused supposed journalists, without naming who they were, of faking a police report that seemed to name Araneto Marcos as one of the companions of the late Tantoco and that she had been questioned by the police.
01:44The Los Angeles County medical examiner confirmed that Paolo Tantoco, Araneto's executive, died from cocaine use and his death was accidental.
01:55Tantoco, 44, died on March 9, the same day the First Lady was attending a public concert.
02:01Malacan Young is also looking into filing charges against personalities spreading supposed fake news.
02:07Malacan Young is also looking into a «Mug civilians�를.
