Bulacan LGU, umalma sa pagkalat ng umano'y 'fake news' kaugnay sa dredging project ng lalawigan
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00:00 The government of Bulacan Governor Daniel Fernando
00:03 has accused the fake news
00:05 as part of a humanoid dredging project in their area.
00:08 This is what Benji Durango has reported.
00:10 Stop your nonsense.
00:15 The fake news was called by the governor of Bulacan, Daniel Fernando,
00:18 alias Francisco Balagdas,
00:20 who filed a complaint with Ombudsman
00:22 to stop the province-wide river restoration program in Bulacan.
00:26 To be honest, this is not a fake news.
00:31 But it's a different story if you just believe it.
00:36 On April 29, Bulacan has launched a huge green dredging project
00:40 to deepen the Bulacan Offshore Delta,
00:43 Angat River, Pamarawan River, Malolos River,
00:46 Hagone River, and Giginto River.
00:48 This is their long-term solution.
00:50 This will be done by TCSC Corporation.
00:54 But on May 1, a formal complaint was filed
00:57 by Ombudsman against Fernando,
00:59 Vice Governor Alex Castro,
01:01 several officials, and TCSC Corporation.
01:04 The humanoid case was spread on social media.
01:08 But this Francisco Balagdas is different.
01:11 The story was passed on to the messenger
01:17 and spread on the media.
01:20 That the bad guy is a criminal
01:25 and he went out on a public display.
01:29 The province also answered the complaint
01:31 that there is no public bidding.
01:33 The provincial legal officer of Bulacan said
01:35 that the contract does not need to go through bidding
01:37 because the government will not spend money on it.
01:40 The financing, technology, management, and personnel
01:43 were all answered by TCSC Corporation.
01:46 The government also did not include the 500 million pesos
01:50 that will be spent on the project.
01:52 This is the million-million-pesos
01:54 that TCSC Corporation will spend on research.
01:57 The province said that the spread of false news will be compensated.
02:00 We will be in trouble if the time comes.
02:03 Because there is no illegality here.
02:06 They also told the media not to use their false information.
02:10 There is no need to answer to Ombudsman.
02:13 But in case they were called,
02:15 they are ready to face the investigation.
02:17 They trusted that the project went through a legal process.
02:20 They also said not to worry because they will continue the project
02:23 especially since the TCSC Corporation is using their information.
02:26 They will finish the project
02:28 even if their enemies politicize it.
02:31 We can never be satisfied with such lies.
02:36 The project will continue.
02:38 Benji Durango for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.