{"id":162325,"date":"2018-05-01T03:11:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T07:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162325"},"modified":"2018-05-01T03:11:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T07:11:51","slug":"psg-apologizes-for-temporarily-barring-reporters-from-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/01\/psg-apologizes-for-temporarily-barring-reporters-from-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG apologizes for temporarily barring reporters from Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_162326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162326\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pNAAAA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162326\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pNAAAA.jpg\" alt=\"Labor groups on Tuesday converged in various venues for their annual Labor Day protests to demand higher pay and an end to contractualization.(PNA photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pNAAAA.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pNAAAA-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Labor groups on Tuesday converged in various venues for their annual Labor Day protests to demand higher pay and an end to contractualization. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Presidential Security Group (PSG) on Labor Day apologized for temporarily barring media from entering Malaca\u00f1ang, noting the heightened security implemented for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Labor groups on Tuesday converged in various venues for their annual Labor Day protests to demand higher pay and an end to contractualization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause it\u2019s Labor Day, we are anticipating protest rallies [sic] here in Mendiola so we are on heightened alert,\u201d PSG Chief of Staff Col. Potenciano Camba said in a mix of English and Filipino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not expect that there would be a lot of members of the MPC entering. If there was an inconvenience, we apologize,\u201d he added, referring to members of the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps.<\/p>\n<p>Camba denied that there was an order to bar media noting that a similar incident can be avoided if there is proper coordination between PSG and media.<\/p>\n<p>PSG commander Brig. Gen. Lope Dagoy described what happened as a simple case of \u201cmisunderstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a misunderstanding. We declared red alert because there were reports of threats that would take place there so we only wanted to be sure,\u201d Dagoy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoldiers didn\u2019t know that there would be media going there,\u201d he added as he apologized and said that it was unintentional.<\/p>\n<p>Last February, Rappler reporter Pia Ranada was barred from entering the New Executive Building in Malaca\u00f1ang where Palace briefings are usually held.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that online media site Rappler will be barred from entering until they resolve their ownership issue at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).<\/p>\n<p>The SEC earlier said Rappler violated the Constitution\u2019s restriction on foreign ownership of local media. However, Rappler has debunked this claim stating that it is Filipino-owned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Presidential Security Group (PSG) on Labor Day apologized for temporarily barring media from entering Malaca\u00f1ang, noting the heightened &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":162326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[10422,16749,50493,2278,50492,15802,49054],"class_list":["post-162325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-contractualization","tag-endo","tag-endo-protest","tag-labor-day","tag-labor-day-rally","tag-labor-groups","tag-psg","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162325","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=162325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}