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AQUINO DEBUNKS ‘FAKE NEWS’: Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV disproves allegations made by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II linking the senator to the Maute group’s attacks in Marawi City, in a presentation to the media during the Kapihan sa Senado on Thursday, June 08, 2017. Aquino said that at least two Cabinet Secretaries – Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana – have dismissed the allegations as completely “absurd,” and that Aguirre himself has already apologized for the “fake news.” “It was very irresponsible for Secretary Aguirre to make those statements, when it was so easy to find out the truth,” he said. (PRIB Photo by Cesar Tomambo/ 08 June 2017)