Iloilo 1st District Representative and former Department of Health (DOH) secretary Janette Garin gave an emotionally-charged testimony against ABS-CBN on Monday, describing the franchise applicant as a source of “public health misinformation.” Rep. Janette Garin Speaking before
Iloilo 1st District Representative and former Department of Health secretary Janette Garin gave an emotionally-charged testimony against ABS-CBN on Monday, describing the franchise applicant as a source of “public health misinformation.
She also claimed that the network’s reporting on the Dengvaxia issue was partly to blame for Filipinos’ ensuing loss of confidence in vaccines, therefore paving the way for the return of several infectious diseases that have long been beaten. Garin named in particular a network “favourite” Dr. Erwin Efre of the Public Attorney’s Office forensics division. As in the past, she questioned ABS-CBN’s touting of Efre as a “forensics expert.”
In her response, ABS-CBN News Chief Ging Reyes acknowledged that indeed their news team interviewed non-experts, particularly on Dengvaxia.
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