Philippine News Agency

Philippine News Agency (PNA) is the official news agency of the Philippine government. PNA is under supervision and control of the News and Information Bureau, an attached agency of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. It was established on March 1, 1973 by then President Ferdinand Marcos,[1] and currently has its headquarters in Quezon City.[2]

Philippine News Agency
PredecessorPhilippine News Service (PNS)
FormationMarch 1, 1973
HeadquartersPhilippine Information Agency Building, Quezon City, Philippines
Websitewww.pna.gov.ph

The PNA was one of the agencies that Marcos used to place Philippine media under siege and control all sources of information.[3]

Its major subscribers or news outfits that use its materials are state-run networks PTV and Radyo Pilipinas and major pro-administration broadsheets Manila Bulletin and The Manila Times.

References
  1. "Official Week in Review: March 2 – March 8, 1973". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 12 March 1973. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. "Agencies". AsiaNet. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. Inquirer Research (21 September 2015). "Attention millennials: You ain't seen nothing yet". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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