00:00Vice President Sara Duterte denied the allegation of plagiarizing her book.
00:05This was after some netizens compared her writing to another book that was published in 2005.
00:12J.P. Soriano is the witness.
00:16The book, Isang Kaibigan, was published by Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:21It became the midget of Senator Risa Ontiveros' response to the Senate's hearing
00:26on the budget of the Office of the Vice President.
00:29But the book wanted to be funded by the OVP for 10 million pesos
00:34to be distributed to young students facing a new issue.
00:40The book was spread on social media as an allegation of plagiarizing.
00:45Some netizens compared it to the book Auli, Just a Little Blue,
00:50by American author Andy Runton.
00:53The book, Auli, is about a quagga who helped a family of birds to build their home
01:01and another quagga who helped a typhoon.
01:05It was published in 2005.
01:08The book, Isang Kaibigan, by Vice President Sara Duterte,
01:11is about a quagga who lost his home and friends when a typhoon hit.
01:18Another quagga who helped a family of birds to build their home and a typhoon.
01:25It was published in 2023.
01:29After comparing the two books, the Vice President released a statement
01:34and called the allegation of plagiarism as a false accusation.
01:39She did not need to copy it because it was easy to write a short story
01:45based on her own experience.
01:47The public was even encouraged to wait for her next book
01:52which is about the plagiarism of Isang Kaibigan.
01:57Duterte even accompanied her post with some hashtags
02:00including the hashtag, Dapat Magtrabaho, Hindi Namumulitika.
02:05According to the spokesperson of the Office of the Vice President,
02:08Atty. Michael Poa, the book was copyrighted
02:12and registered since December 2023.
02:17For GMA Integrated News, JP Soriano.
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