Editor’s note (July 12, 2024): The Philippine Collegian has taken down the article "Duterte’s CHED Appointees Face Controversies Anew” for erroneously implicating a different company, Aspen Philippines, in a complaint against Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson Prospero de Vera.
On July 10, we received a letter from a representative of Aspen Philippines requesting that the article be struck down as it "seriously damages our client's reputation." The said article has been posted on the website since March 24.
Following procedures set forth according to our internal newsroom guidelines, the Collegian has taken down the article in question. Mistaking the involved company was a fundamental error, which merits retraction of the article. We are also publishing this editor’s note to give notice to our readers the decision to quash the erroneous article.
Doubts regarding the veracity of information released by the publication are always taken seriously, as is expected of a publication that adheres to the highest standards of journalistic integrity. In taking down the article, the Collegian acknowledges a lapse in the pursuit of these standards, and promises to continue to improve our internal oversight mechanisms to avoid similar lapses in the future.