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.

Philippine Daily Inquirer Issued Correction

The misspelling has been corrected and the “Mexican” has been changed to “Puerto Rican.” Thank you for the speedy correction Philippine Daily Inquirer

 

Corrected Report Philippine Daily Inquirer

 

 

Joseph Estrada, Mancao and Marlon Ramos

Marlon Ramos of the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 11-09-2009 reported:

MANILA, Philippines–Ousted President Joseph Estrada and former Senior Supt. Cezar Mancao on Monday evening faced each other for the first time since the controversy of the Dacer-Corbito double-murder case broke out.

The four-paragraph report has no significant value to me. Honestly! Does it have any value to you?

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.

Good Job, Jerome Aning

Jerome Aning of Philippine Daily Inquirer writes:

In restoring the marriage of the couple (whose identities the Inquirer is withholding for the sake of their minor children), the Court said the lower court misinterpreted Article 46 of the Family Code of the Philippines that allows annulment when the consent of either party is obtained by fraud, such as concealment of homosexuality.

Thank you for protecting the “minors!”