Well, this is an embarrassing typo.
Delegates are set to arrive in Manila on Sunday for the ASEAN Summit, and will be greeted by signs that say “Welcome to the Philppines — missing the “i.”
Katrina Yamzon, an activist with Bayan Philippines uploaded the photo to Facebook earlier today.
Here’s another post of the same banner over a pedestrian walkway in Alabang.
The Presidential Communications and Operations Office (PCOO) denied they or any other government agency were responsible for distributing the banners. According to Rappler, PCOO Undersecretary Kris Ablan told reporters this afternoon that they have ordered the banners to be removed. Ablan had no explanation about where the banners came from.
