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New look Bonifacio? State-run TV sorry for using wrong hero photo in June 12th feature

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<p><br/>MANILA — State-run television network PTV on Friday ran an Independence Day video on revolutionary hero <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/24/18/business-mentor-remembering-andres-bonifacio">Andres Bonifacio</a> that mistakenly used a photo of Emilio Aguinaldo, prompting a correction and apology.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/11/30/18/not-for-the-faint-hearted-5-things-youd-rather-not-know-about-andres-bonifacio">Not for the faint-hearted: 5 things you’d rather not know about Andres Bonifacio</a></li></ul><p>The People’s Television Network (PTV) said it had corrected the error and that a revised version of the feature would be uploaded on its social media pages. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">State-run television network PTV apologizes after mistakenly identifying a picture of former PH President Emilio Aguinaldo as Katipunan founder Andres Bonifacio | via <a href="https://twitter.com/pia_gutierrez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pia_gutierrez</a> <a href="https://t.co/vDDoWiBZ3U">pic.twitter.com/vDDoWiBZ3U</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1271298131561377794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;We sincerely apologize for this mistake. Rest assured that under the new PTV Management, necessary training and skills development will be initiated to avoid similar inaccuracies,&quot; it said in a statement. </p><p>&quot;We hope for your understanding on this matter,&quot; the network added. <br/> </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/08/18/ptv-sorry-for-wrong-photo-in-philippine-navy-report">THROWBACK: PTV sorry for wrong photo in Philippine Navy report</a></li></ul><p>Aguinaldo, recognized as the first Philippine president, was known to have had a role in the killing of Bonifacio and his brother Ciriaco in Maragondon, Cavite on May 10, 1897.</p><p>Friday marks the 122nd anniversary of the Philippines&#x27; declaration of independence from Spain. It is a regular holiday. </p>

<p>State-run television network PTV on Friday ran an Independence Day video on revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio that mistakenly used a photo of Emilio Aguinaldo, prompting a correction and apology.<br /> </p>

State-run television network PTV on Friday ran an Independence Day video on revolutionary hero Andres Bonifacio that mistakenly used a photo of Emilio Aguinaldo, prompting a correction and apology.