Claim: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and former House speaker Martin Romualdez have already fled the Philippines.
Why we fact-checked this: The video, posted on April 23 by a YouTube account with 1.2 million subscribers, has already received 90,564 views and 8,600 likes as of writing.
The video thumbnail shows a photo of Vice President Sara Duterte and what appears to be a screengrab from CCTV footage showing Marcos and Romualdez walking together.
Text on the thumbnail reads, “Tumakas na sa Pinas? Di na aabot sa 2028. VP Sara uupo na!”
(Already escaped the Philippines? They won’t make it to 2028. VP Sara will take over as president!)
The facts: Contrary to the claim, Marcos and Romualdez are still in the Philippines. No official reports confirm that the two public officials have supposedly fled the country.
In fact, days after the false claim was posted, Marcos appeared at the 2026 National Invention Contest and Exhibits Awards in Malacañang on April 28. The President also attended the 1st Joint National and Regional Peace and Order Council Meeting on April 29.
Meanwhile, Romualdez’s camp has denied circulating claims that he had already fled the country following the issuance of a precautionary hold departure order against him.
In a statement, Romualdez’s lawyer and spokesperson, Ade Fajardo, said, “Any report or insinuation that he has fled is false and irresponsible.”
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