MANILA, Nov. 26 -- Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Wednesday denied being the person in a leaked voice recording allegedly talking to a vlogger.

This came after Sen. Robin Padilla on Tuesday presented in the Senate an alleged voice clip linking Castro to paid vloggers.

"For the satisfaction of Senator Robin Padilla: Hindi po ako ang nasa video clip. Dahil sa aking pagkakaalam, itong video na ito ay lumabas na noon pa at ibang mukha ang ipinapakitang binabanggit na 'madam' (I am not the person in the video clip. To my knowledge, this video has been circulating for some time, and the face shown is not mine, contrary to what the 'madam' mentioned)," Castro said in a Palace press briefing in response to Padilla's claim.

"Hindi nga po...