Legarda vs. legarda (“Vice Presidential” Case of Capitalization) Part 5

In my previous entries, I documented some of what I believe were improper capitalizations of acronyms. Today, I spot another one. The last name of Senator Loren Legarda was written in lower case: legarda. See the following screenshot of the Michael Lim Ubac article: Villar takes potshots at Aquino, cooes to legarda

Legarda v. legarda capitalization issue part 5

I am sure this is just a typo.

Capitalization Issue Part 4 (Asean)

Veronica Uy of INQUIRER.net writes in her Seismic change in USA-Asean relations — Asian Chief report:

MANILA, Philippines—The relations between the United States and the 10-member Asean achieved “seismic” change, Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said following the meeting of Asean leaders and US President Barack Obama at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Singapore.

“The successive and proactive re-engagement of Asean and the US has brought about a transformation of seismic proportions to Asean-US relations,” he said in a statement e-mailed to media outfits.

Epic Collection of Apec Capitalization Issue (Part 3)

I did some investigation using Google Advance Search and have found these articles:

Business – Apec warns of protectionism ahead of summit – INQUIRER.net
At Apec, Arroyo bats for migrant workers – INQUIRER.net ..
Hillary to visit RP on way to Apec meeting – INQUIRER.net …
Arroyo to lead Asean in talks with Obama – INQUIRER.net …

It seems to me that the “APEC” capitalization issue is not isolated at all. Filter this if you have some time to kill.

APEC v. Apec (A Case of Capitalization, Part 2)

Christian Esguerra of Philippine Daily Inquirer reported on 11/15/2009:

Ms Arroyo made the pitch for “policies and rules that are fair to the labor-receiving and labor-sending economies and, most especially, the workers” during the first of two closed-door retreats among the 21 leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) here.

The full details of the report can be found in this article: At Apec, Arroyo bats for migrant workers.

I am still not sure why Philippine Daily Inquirer reporters capitalize only the first letter of APEC. Alcuin Papa seems to have committed the same error here.

APEC vs. Apec: An issue of capitalization

Dear Alvin Alcuin Papa and Philippine Daily Inquirer,

Acronyms are words formed from the initial letters or syllables of other words, e.g. radar – radio detection and ranging. When an acronym is made up of initial letters that are themselves capitalised, then capitalise each letter, e.g. NATO for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. But if the acronym is formed from initial syllables rather than letters, then capitalise only the first letter. In general avoid acronyms as much as possible. ~~~ Handbook of Journalism, Reuters.