MANILA - Malacañang on Monday sought understanding from the public after its communications arm again committed several blunders.

The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) drew flak last week over a Facebook post after it called Norway "Norwegia." Unsurprisingly, the factual error did not go unnoticed on social media.

Still reeling from the “Norwegia” mistake, the PCOO was again criticized after it mistakenly identified the first name of the late National Security Adviser Roilo Golez as “Rogelio.” The mistake was committed in a PCOO Facebook post featuring the visit of President Duterte to Golez’s wake at the Heritage Park in Taguig City.

Golez’s full name, as pointed out by his son Parañaque Vice Mayor Rico Golez on social media, is Jose Roilo S. Golez.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque asked the public to give the PCOO another chance.

“Sa akin lang, taong gobyerno lang po iyan. Sana po talaga pataasin pa ang kanilang ‘spell check’ dahil meron namang word program na spell checker pero I’m sure they will learn again from this experience,” Roque said in a press briefing.

“Mahirap po talaga I guess, kung ikaw ay propesyunal na manunulat, mataas talaga ang standards at naintindihan natin ang frustration ng bayan.”

(These are government people. But I hope they will use the spell checker more. I’m sure they will learn again from this experience. It’s really if you are a professional writer because the standards are high. We understand the public’s frustration.)