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Sabotage? Gov't to look into errors of state-run news agency

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/08/12/martin-andanar-2017-081217.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. Albert Alcain, Malacañang Photo</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA- Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Saturday said the government would look into possible sabotage following a string of errors at the state-run Philippine News Agency (PNA).In a press conference in Baguio City, Andanar said such possibility was raised in the wake of another error at the agency, where the wrong photo was posted on its website. &quot;Sabi ng iba, baka mayroon nang nanabutahe sa&#x27;yo. We will find out kung may nanabutahe na,&quot; he said.The PNA on Friday used the logo of DOLE Food Co. to accompany a government press release on the Department of Labor and Employment&#x27;s (DOLE) pay rules for the 2018 holidays.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/classified-odd/08/11/17/going-bananas-govt-news-agency-runs-wrong-dole-logo-in-story">READ: Going bananas? Gov&#x27;t news agency runs wrong DOLE logo in story</a></li></ul>The error, which drew flak online, was later on corrected. The PNA issued an apology, calling it &quot;a careless act&quot; of its staff.Andanar, meanwhile, dismissed critics of the PNA, saying the news agency was already gaining readership unlike before.&quot;Tuloy-tuloy lang nila ang bashing. &#x27;Di naman namin binabasa. We are just here to serve the president, residents and God,&quot; said Andanar. &quot;Ang PNA po ngayon binabasa na, umasenso na siya kahit papaano pero mayroon lang po talaga na marunong pero &#x27;di committed,&quot; he said.PNA&#x27;s error on Friday was not the first. In May, the PNA <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/30/17/state-run-news-agency-apologizes-for-errors">apologized </a>for posting a photo of soldiers in Vietnam for its story &quot;Urban warfare a challenge for soldiers in Marawi.&quot;Two personnel of PNA&#x27;s News and Information Bureau were <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/31/17/2-tauhan-ng-news-and-information-bureau-suspendido">suspended </a>following the errors.The PNA was also called out for its May 15 story titled “95 states convinced there are no EJKs in PHL,&quot; released after the Philippines faced the United Nations Human Rights Council&#x27;s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). UPR denied the story, which was subsequently taken down.The PNA also drew flak for <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/classified-odd/08/09/17/govt-news-agency-posts-editorial-criticizing-un-arbitral-ruling-that-favored-ph">publishing </a>a commentary released by China&#x27;s state-run Xinhua News Agency, which called &quot;ill-founded&quot; the United Nations&#x27; arbitral ruling on the South China Sea disputes that favored the Philippines.The post was also later taken down.

MANILA- Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Saturday said the government will look into possible sabotage attempts against the Philippine News Agency (PNA) following a string of errors.

MANILA- Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Saturday said the government will look into possible sabotage attempts against the Philippine News Agency (PNA) following a string of errors.