Claire Castro greets VP Sara Duterte for birthday with edited poster 

Palace Press Officer Usec. Claire Castro on Monday belatedly greeted Vice President Sara Duterte for her birthday, posing with an edited poster of the official’s supposed birthday greeting for self-confessed bagman Ramil Madriaga.

LOOK: Palace Press Officer Claire Castro greets Vice President Sara Duterte for her birthday yesterday. @gmanewsbreaking @gmanews pic.twitter.com/lQczknrvfO

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“Gagayahin ko ang kanyang pagbati ng maligayang kaarawan. So naghanda po tayo ng isang mensahe para kay VP Sara—-Happy birthday, VP Sara,” she said.

(I will imitate her happy birthday greeting. So we prepared a message for VP Sara —Happy birthday, VP Sara.)

Duterte turned 48 yesterday, May 31.

Madriaga, who identified himself as a former aide and alleged bagman of Duterte, alleged that drug dealers and Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) operators were funding the campaign “Inday Sara Duterte is My President (ISIP) Pilipinas.”

The Vice President has denied the accusations against her. —LDF, GMA News