Just this Last November 19, a Facebook user posted a lengthy bluster on what he views as a bad and discourteous act showed and given by the staff of GMA News TV show against the National Living Treasure awardee Apo Alonzo Saclag.

Stated by Cris Guiral, who works for Davidson Adventours, a tour company based in Tabuk, Kalinga Apayao, “This is a story about how ARROGANT the media can be,”

Guiral then proceeds to narrate how staff, supposedly from GMA News TV’s Lakwatsero show, arrived at Awichon Village without prior notice, barged into the houses uninvited, then proceeded to take pictures without asking permission first.
“…upon arrival their cameraman just took photos of the place, some of them went inside the houses with their shoes on, then suddenly one of the women with her hands on her waist asked Apo Saclag in a tone that is hurtful to the ear, “WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PLACE? INTERVIEWHIN KA NAMIN TATANG” — ALL WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION FIRST and NOT EVEN INTRODUCING THEMSELVES PROPERLY.” Guiral said

Apo Alonzo Saclag, declared a National Living Treasure in 2000, is a master of Kalinga musical instruments and ritual dance. And how could someone put down the respect off.

As of this writing, Guiral’s post has reached 1,200 shares on Facebook, capturing even the attention of GMA’s management. The network, via the GMA News official FB page, posted this reply, “Nakarating po sa amin ang post n’yo, G. Cris Guiral. Ipinaabot na rin namin ito sa GMA department nagha-handle ng mga blocktimer gaya ng “Lakwatsero.””

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