MALACAÑANG DENIES MARCOS TIES TO FRANCO MABANTA
WATCH: Malacañang denies claims linking President Bongbong Marcos to arrested online media network founder Franco Mabanta.
Palace press officer Claire Castro says Mabanta is not a friend of the president, as she presented photos of the social media personality with former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte during a briefing.
Mabanta was arrested over the alleged extortion of former House Speaker Martin Romualdez. | @TristanNodalo
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BREAKING: Notorious DDS Attack Dog and PGMN Founder Nabbed in ₱350M Bribery Sting
Media figure Franco Mabanta, a notorious Duterte fanatic and founder of Peanut Gallery Media Network (PGMN), has been arrested in a high-stakes entrapment operation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), authorities confirmed.
Investigators allege Mabanta demanded a staggering ₱350 million in exchange for undisclosed favors, with at least ₱75 million reportedly handed over upfront. Photos now circulating online appear to show Mabanta seated before a suitcase packed with cash, images that have quickly fueled public attention and speculation.
Mabanta has refused to issue a statement, saying he will first consult with his legal team. The case is expected to draw intense scrutiny as more details unfold.
@newswatchplusph Kaya nyo yan guys! Malapit na 2028. Pero dapat may maikaso din kayo sa iba pang Duterte. Kasi malilipat lang sa kanila sympathy nang mga tao e.
Talo pa din kayo.
BIG MAJORITY OF LAKAS-CMD BACKS DUTERTE IMPEACHMENT
UPDATE: House Assistant Majority Leader Zia Adiong says more than 60 of the 69 members of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats back the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte.
Lakas-CMD is the largest political party at the House of Representatives. | @bylancemejico
We are innocent. This was a setup.
Over the last five months, PGMN completed immense, comprehensive, painful research on the breathtaking national corruption of Martin Romualdez while he was Speaker of the House.
What we have is devastating.
The episode was filmed several weeks ago. It has been fully edited — it is 90 minutes-long, packed with hard evidence, and ready for release.
That is why this is happening.
There was no extortion. There were ZERO threats from us. That’s all bullshit. The “evidence” provided showed one side of the story. We committed NO CRIME: AND WE CAN PROVE IT.
Romualdez did this to silence us — why? Because the timing of the release of our exposé would leave him in a desperate situation, particularly with his vast current troubles with the Ombudsman hanging over his head, as President Marcos signals that he’s clearly listening to what the whole country wants, and is at last willing to hold accountable the man widely believed to have sabotaged the first three years of his administration.
Days before our arrest, we had been privately warned multiple times by powerful close friends who were aware of the situation that there is legitimate concern for our physical safety in that any or all of us could be hurt or killed by hitmen.
In light of this, even before the arrest, I gave specific/explicit instructions that if anything — literally ANYTHING, be it fatal or injurious — happens to any of us in any capacity, our legal teams and trusted allies are to fully publish the 90-minute exposé on every major social media platform for everyone in the Philippines to see.
We at PGMN have always taken profound and sincere pride in going after the bad guys. Yesterday we made the difficult choice to go after the worst of them all.
And now we are where we are.
If this is the price to pay to do what’s right, then so be it. I want my five-year-old and two-year-old sons to look back at these decisions when they’re older and see the kind of man their dad was.
Dear Martin,
You know what you did to the country. We know what you did to the country.
Soon, hopefully, everyone will too.
- Franco Mabanta
Statement released today by Peanut Gallery Media Network:
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*** We are innocent. This was a setup.
Over the last five months, PGMN completed immense, comprehensive, painful research on the breathtaking national corruption of Martin Romualdez while he was Speaker of the House.
What we have is devastating.
The episode was filmed several weeks ago. It has been fully edited — it is 90 minutes-long, packed with hard evidence, and ready for release.
That is why this is happening.
There was no extortion. There were ZERO threats from us. That’s all bullshit. The “evidence” provided showed one side of the story. We committed NO CRIME: AND WE CAN PROVE IT.
Romualdez did this to silence us — why? Because the timing of the release of our exposé would leave him in a desperate situation, particularly with his vast current troubles with the Ombudsman hanging over his head, as President Marcos signals that he’s clearly listening to what the whole country wants, and is at last willing to hold accountable the man widely believed to have sabotaged the first three years of his administration.
Days before our arrest, we had been privately warned multiple times by powerful close friends who were aware of the situation that there is legitimate concern for our physical safety in that any or all of us could be hurt or killed by hitmen.
In light of this, even before the arrest, I gave specific/explicit instructions that if anything — literally ANYTHING, be it fatal or injurious — happens to any of us in any capacity, our legal teams and trusted allies are to fully publish the 90-minute exposé on every major social media platform for everyone in the Philippines to see.
We at PGMN have always taken profound and sincere pride in going after the bad guys. Yesterday we made the difficult choice to go after the worst of them all.
And now we are where we are.
If this is the price to pay to do what’s right, then so be it. I want my five-year-old and two-year-old sons to look back at these decisions when they’re older and see the kind of man their dad was.
Dear Martin,
You know what you did to the country. We know what you did to the country.
Soon, hopefully, everyone will too.
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