MANILA, Dec. 8 -- The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) on Monday disowned a twisted quote circulating online that was supposedly issued by Executive Director Maria Criselda Sy.

"The viral material falsely attributes the line 'Nag-aral ako nang mabuti para hindi maging (I studied hard not to become) minimum wage earner' and adds a misleading caption implying that minimum wage earners are tamad (lazy). These words were never said," read a statement issued by the NWPC.

It noted that the actual exchange happened between Kamanggagawa Party-list Rep. Eli San Fernando and Sy during a Committee on Appropriations hearing at the House of Representatives on Sept. 5.

Sy was asked: Nasubukan niyo po ba na maging (Have you experie...