{"id":120662,"date":"2017-10-02T02:04:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T06:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=120662"},"modified":"2017-10-02T02:04:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T06:04:01","slug":"afp-chief-to-military-info-officers-always-tell-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/02\/afp-chief-to-military-info-officers-always-tell-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP chief to military info officers: Always tell the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109451\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFPlogoAug2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109451\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFPlogoAug2.jpg\" alt=\"Despite the military's preoccupation in neutralizing the remaining Maute group members and other lawless elements, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) promotion cycle will continue as planned, AFP Chief of Staff, Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o said late Tuesday. (PNA photo)\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFPlogoAug2.jpg 225w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AFPlogoAug2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was the marching orders of AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Ano to all military information officers during the recently concluded 6th Public Affairs Office (PAO) Summit.\u00a0 (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Do not engage in misinformation and always tell the truth to the public.<\/p>\n<p>This was the marching orders of AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo A\u00f1o to all military information officers during the recently concluded 6th Public Affairs Office (PAO) Summit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly urge our public affairs practitioners to continue to tell the truth. Refuse to be dragged into the trend of disinformation and deliberate sowing of confusion,\u201d he added in a statement Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00f1o also urged all military information officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force not to feed the hatred, and instead \u201cexhaust efforts to present facts, value respect, and appreciate criticisms in the AFP\u2019s quest for an informed public and an elevated discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PAO Summit is an annual gathering of AFP spokespersons and public affairs officers assigned to different military units, including the Philippine Army, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Navy, and the AFP Area Commands.<\/p>\n<p>It featured subject-matter experts on social media, cybersecurity, military-media dynamics, and crisis communication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Do not engage in misinformation and always tell the truth to the public. This was the marching orders of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[3243,12727],"class_list":["post-120662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-afp","tag-eduardo-ano","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}