'It's a big lie': Palace belies VP Sara's claim that OFWs are left unsupported

Manila Bulletin

Malacañang debunked claims made by Vice President Sara Duterte that the government is not offering help to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in need, tagging Duterte's accusation as "another fake news."  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/09/24/its-a-big-lie-palace-belies-vp-saras-claim-that-ofws-are-left-unsupported  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com @manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Ma'am, Undersecretary, Vice President Sara Duterte is accusing Malacanang of sending several personnel from the Embassy in The Hague

00:07to conduct allegedly, in her own words, a scam welfare check.

00:13May we verify po if may pinadala po ba ang Malacanang para mag-check sa kalagayan ni dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa ICC detention facility?

00:23Ang statement po na yan ng Vice Presidente, ang tutugun po dyan ay ang DFA.

00:28Pero ang tutugunan lamang po natin ay yung kanyang huling mensahe patungkol po dun sa diumanong mukhang hindi alam ng pamahalaan

00:40na maraming OFWs na detained, distressed, abandoned, or neglected.

00:46At ito daw po ay hindi natutugunan ng gobyerno.

00:49Yan po ay malaking kasinungalingan.

00:52Nakausap po natin si USEC, Undersecretary Bernard Olalia, at tinanong po natin kung ano ang masasabi ng nasabing ahensya.

01:07Meron po tayong Migrant Workers Office o MWO na nasa mga destinasyon o mga bansa na malakas o malaki ang populasyon.

01:18At ito ay headed by labor, labor attaché.

01:22So lahat po na mga kinakailangan o pangangailangan ng ating mga kababayan sa ibang bansa,

01:29especially the OFWs, ay tinutugunan ng ating gobyerno.

01:34At yan din po ang nais ng ating Pangulong.

01:38Lahat ng pangangailangan ng mga OFWs, ng mga kababayan natin na sa ibang bansa,

01:42dapat matugunan agad-agad.

01:45At ayon sa record po ng DMW,

01:49lahat ng humihingi ng tulong sa kanila, 100% nilang natutugunan.

01:53At may records po sila.

01:56At meron din po ang quick response team, ang DMW,

02:00at kung kinakailangan ng rescue,

02:02at hindi sila agad nakakapasok,

02:04humihingi agad sila ng tulong sa mga autoridad,

02:08mga police authorities sa nasabing bansa.

02:10Kaya ito pong binabanggit ng vice-presidente

02:14na walang naitutulong sa mga OFWs.

02:18It is another fake news.

02:21Just a follow-up question.

02:22On the legal perspective, as a lawyer as well,

02:25meron po bang breaches in law or in protocol

02:27when the president orders the DFA or embassy officials

02:31to check on the former president inside the ICC?

02:34Because the vice president is saying,

02:36hindi man lang daw po napasabihan ata yung mga relatives ng dating pangulo.

02:40Muli, ihayaan po natin ang DFA na tumugon dito

02:44para po sila din po ang makapagbigay

02:46kung may katotohanan po itong ibinibintang ng vice-presidente.

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