The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is looking into the emergency text blasts that took place during the filing of candidacy of presidential aspirant Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos, Jr.
portable cell sites," Cabarios told CNN Philippines'[Translation: We have coordinated with telcos when we found out about this issue. They said all their messages come from the NDRRMC. And they have not received a request. It means, the messages did not come from their network. So it's possible — this is not a conclusion — that these came from portable cell sites.]
Earlier, NDRRMC spokesperson Mark Timbal said this was the first time the government's alert system has encountered such thing.Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez stressed the use of the emergency alert system for political propaganda is"ill-advised."
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