MANILA, Philippines —It is perfectly okay to present global data on COVID-19 to suggest that the Philippines is “faring better” than most other countries as it is “simply amplifying facts,” said a Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) official Wednesday.
PCOO’s News and Information Bureau chief Virginia Agtay said this after the agency drew flak online over a leaked document directing government media to include COVID-19 world data in reports “specifically to convey to the public that the Philippines is faring better than many other countries in addressing the pandemic.”
In a statement, Agtay noted President Rodrigo Duterte is aware of how “government communica…
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