Clarissa "Claire" Angeles Castro-Seechung (born June 27, 1969) is a Filipino lawyer, radio host, and podcaster. Since February 24, 2025, she has been the Undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) and Press Officer of Malacañang Palace.[1]
Castro was previously the host of the legal-advice radio show Usapang de Campanilla on DZMM,[3][4] as well as one of the three co-hosts of the ABS-CBN live talk show 3-in1. She also previously wrote a column for Abante.[5] Castro co-hosts the "Usapang Batas" segment on DZXL News and runs the YouTube podcast Batas with Atty. Claire Castro.[6]
On September 22, 2015, Castro was at the center of an incident involving her intervention on behalf of a client whom she claimed had been arrested without a valid warrant. The situation drew significant public attention as she was briefly detained at the Manila Police District together with her husband, secretary, and client.[3] When the three went to the Manila police department's Women's and Children's Desk to protest the warrantless apprehension of her client, seeking his immediate release, Castro was described by some reports as having turned "hysterical" after speaking with police officers. Castro and her three companions were detained by the police, filing multiple charges of slander by deed, direct assault, and obstruction of justice against them. The three, along with Castro's client, were released the next day. Castro said she would file complaints against the policemen involved.[8][9][10]
In December 2017, Castro was vindicated after the Ombudsman dismissed the nine police officers whom she filed complaints against, after they were found guilty of grave misconduct, grave abuse of authority, gross neglect of duty, maltreatment of detainees, unlawful arrest, unjust vexation, slander by deed, sleeping on duty, arbitrary detention, kidnapping, serious illegal detention and robbery extortion.[11]
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