PCOO's new blunder: 'Rogelio' Golez

Only 24 hours after a blunder in social media, the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) is again being criticized for another social media error when it referred to the late National Security Adviser Roilo Golez as "Rogelio."

Netizens feasted on PCOO's second social flub this week when it said in a Twitter post that the first name of the late Parañaque congressman was Rogelio. However, Golez's first name was Jose Roilo.

The same error was also published in PCOO's Facebook page where it announced President Duterte's visit to the wake of the late Navy captain at The Heritage Park Mortuary and Crematory in Taguig City on June 14.

Golez's son, Parañaque City Vice Mayor Rico Golez, even asked state-run PTV-4 to correct the mistake.

"My father's name is Jose Roilo S. Golez. Kindly make the necessary correction if possible. Thank you very much," the young Golez said via his Twitter account.

The PCOO has since fixed the error but some netizens were quick to make fun of the error by asking the PCOO if "Rogelio Golez" was from "Norwegia."

The same error was also found in the caption of the official photos sent by the Presidential Photographers Division (PPD) to members of the media covering President Duterte via email.

"President Rodrigo Roa Duterte condoles with the the family of the late former Parañaque First District Representative and former National Security Adviser Rogelio Golez during the President's visit to the wake at the Heritage Park in Taguig City at dawn of June 14, 2018," the caption read.

But aside from the PCOO, other private media outfits also published the same error in their websites or social media accounts when they shared the photos they received.

Twitter users also expressed displeasure for the mistakes that the PCOO has committed in the past two years.

Only on Thursday evening, the PCOO was again in the spotlight when it erroneously referred to Norway as "Norwegia" in an official Facebook photo gallery showing pictures from Duterte's meeting with outgoing Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines Erik Førner.

Netizens have criticized the PCOO for their social media blunders, noting of its 2018 budget worth P1.38 billion for 2018, a 4.6percent increase from its 2017 budget. They also suggested that the agency should first verify facts before publishing.

PCOO Undersecretary for New Media Lorraine Badoy earlier explained that the mistake was just a typographical error. She also defended the PCOO's budget, saying it has the smallest budget of all government agencies.

PCOO has been criticized for its social media boo-boos. These include grammatical errors in ID cards issued to members of the media, and erroneously referring to a Duterte impersonator as the President in its transcriptions.