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.

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