By Gabriela Baron
Drone operator DroneTech issued on Sunday, Aug. 6, an apology after it showed an inverted Philippine flag during the closing ceremony of Palarong Pambansa.
In a statement dated Aug. 5, DroneTech apologized to Marikina Mayor Marcy Teodoro and to the national government.
The drone show program at the Palarong Pambansa was held at the Marikina Sports Center on Saturday evening.
“We would like to clarify that this error in the Drone Show programming which was supposed to be tested days before could have been noticed and corrected was not successfully done due to severe weather conditions and signal interference on the said area for several nights,” DroneTech said.
“Moving forward, we will make sure to execute proper protocols in testing our future shows. The company is sincerely sorry for this unintentional error in programming,” it added.
Marikina gov’t to sue DroneTech
In a separate statement on Saturday, the Marikina City Government said it would file a case against DroneTech.
“Mariing kinondena ng Marikina City Government sa pangunguna ni Mayor Marcy Teodoro ang pangyayari at pinapakasuhan ang [DroneTech PH] upang madetermina ang mga legal na pananagutan ng kumpanya kasama na rin ang mga kalakip na kaparusahan at multa,” the local government said.
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