CLAIM: Video claiming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had resigned.

RATING: FALSE

A YouTube video falsely claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had stepped down from office amid continued political pressure over the fuel price crisis.

Flagged content: The video by the channel “PH UPDATE” showed a clip of Marcos Jr. addressing fuel price hikes and the safety of overseas workers.

• The headline of the video read, “MARCOS JR MAG RERESIGN NA? TINAKBUHAN ANG TANONG NG MGA MEDIA!”
• It also had a”Breaking News” tag on its thumbnail and photos of Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte.

Our debunk: Malacañang has not made any announcement of the president’s resignation. Marcos Jr. remains in office, as evidenced by his multiple recent appearances.

• On March 25, 2026, President Marcos Jr. signed Republic Act No. 12317 into law, delaying the first regular elections in BARMM until September 2026.
• The day before that, he led the distribution of PHP 5,000 in fuel subsidies for jeepney drivers amid ongoing oil price hikes.
• On March 10, he traveled to the United States on an official trip and addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
• Malacañang Press Officer Claire Castro shot down rumors of a Cabinet reshuffle and resignations, calling them “baseless” and the work of “fake news peddlers.”

Why we fact-checked this: There has been a growing rise in social media noise regarding the president’s supposed early exit from office, whether by resignation,...

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