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#BongGhost laughs off fake news

DAVAO CITY -- There was Bong Go, now there is also Bong Ghost!

Former Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Saturday laughed off the fake news being spread via Twitter that an Armed Forces of the Philippines helicopter he was riding in had crash-landed in Albay.

Go accompanied President Rodrigo Duterte when the Chief Executive conducted an aerial inspection of the damage caused by Tropical Depression Usman in the Bicol region, particularly in Camarines Sur.

Multo po ito ni Bong Go na kausap ninyo (This Bong Go you are speaking to is a ghost),” Go said in jest during a radio interview when asked to comment about the report of the supposed crash landing.

“Let’s pray for him. Dis is bong Ghost texting you,” he also said in a text message to reporters and friends.

Go is in Quezon as guest of honor at the grand alumni homecoming of the Recto Memorial National High School.

Turning serious, he said he is not afraid to die for the country in service to his fellow Filipinos.

Pag panahon mo na, panahon mo na. Sabi nga ni Pangulong Duterte parati sakin yan. Di ako takot mamatay, basta para sa pag serbisyo sa kapatid nating Pilipino (When it’s your time, it’s your time. That’s what President Duterte tells me. I am not afraid to die, especially if it is in service to our Filipino brothers),” he said.

Wala akong magagawa kung may mga nais na may mangyaring masama sa amin pero gaya ng laging sinasabi ni Pangulong Duterte, kapag oras mo na, oras mo na (I cannot do anything about those who want something bad to happen to us, but like the President said – if it’s your time, it’s your time),” he added.

Go also gave a message to those spreading fake news, saying he will pray for them.

Kasama po ni Saint Christopher na isang martyr, ipagdadasal ko po kayo. Karma na ang bahalang bumuwelta sa mga nagpakalat ng aniya’y fake news at nagdarasal na may mamatay (With Saint Christopher the martyr, I will pray for you. Those who spread fake news and pray that someone dies, will eventually meet their karma),” he said.

The Twitter account of the anti-Duterte group GovPH(@AltGovPH) posted on 7:36 a.m. of January 5 read, “Developing: AFP chopper na sakay si Bong Go nag crash land sa Albay.”

The post showed a television screen grab of an ABS-CBN report on the November 22, 2018 crash-landing of a helicopter carrying Rep. Anthony Bravo and former House Secretary General Cesar Pareja but changed the label to say: “AFP chopper sakay si former SAP Bong Go nag crash land sa Albay.” (PR)

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