"You know please do not believe the media. Especially the Rappler, that's the mouthpiece of the CIA and the US. I was there before they made the announcement that I did not go. I was there two days earlier then I went home to Davao to rest. When I came back last night, I went directly again to the evacuation areas. So do not believe that kind of garbage that’s being dished out by Rappler, which is an American CIA-funded news agency," he said.