Philnews.ph Clarifies Previously Published Article About “Non-Working Days”
PHILNEWS – The Philnews.ph website issues an official statement clarifying the article entitled “#WalangPasok: June 6, 9 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 2018”.
On June 1, the website Philnews.ph published an article entitled “#WalangPasok: June 6, 9 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 2018”. Inside the article, the writer clarified that the mentioned “non-working days” are only applicable to specified areas in the Philippines as per the Proclamation Nos. 494-505.
The specific occasions and as well as the dates and the places where it would be held were also stated in the content of the article.
Recently, news website Rappler published an article regarding the “#WalangPasok: June 6, 9 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 2018” article published on our site.
Rappler clarified in its “fact check” article that only June 12 was declared by Malacañang as a national non-working holiday and the rest of the dates are local non-working days.
The news website expressed concern that some readers could misinterpret the headline of the article published in Philnews.ph as declaring all the dates to be regular holidays. It cited the number of Facebook pages that shared the article on social media and as well as the interactions it has generated.
Rappler rated the article of Philnews.ph as “mixed”. It clarified the difference between regular holidays and special non-working holidays which is truly informative for everyone.
With regards to the article published by Philnews.ph about the upcoming local and national non-working days, like Rappler, we sometimes forget to include all the important details in the headline.
Meanwhile, rest assured that Philnews.ph never had any intention of causing misinterpretations on the part of our highly-valued readers most especially with regards to important announcements like this. We also appreciate Rappler clarifying the content of our article and putting in informative details related to the topic.
We vow to continue giving our best in delivering unbias news to the readers and to always chase after a continuous improvement in this field.