In what could be a telling sign over whether the Aquino administration really puts a premium on the internet and social media, the website http://www.op.gov.ph, the official URL of Office of the President of the Philippines, remains a fiefdom of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Here is a screenshot of the presidential website taken at 11:19 pm of July 1, 2010:
This is a disappointment. Some have said that Aquino had one of the best websites during the campaign period and we have expected better than the overlooking of the presidential website upon Aquino’s inaugural.
As an aside, a netizen noted that Arroyo left behind a dirty legacy on the site. If you use the Chrome browser to visit the site, a security warning will come out that says:
The website at www.op.gov.ph contains elements from the site www.macapagal.com, which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer.
Members of Aquino’s communications team should immediately archive the Arroyo portions of the website, and immediately do an overhaul to reflect the assumption of President Aquino.
While we leave it to Aquino and his team to finalize the look and feel of the new presidential website, we just hope it would be modern, dynamic, interactive, secure and with links to the social networks so it could obtain the widest possible audience and feedback.
By the way, the official vice presidential website did not fare better:
As you can see, the vice president is still Noli de Castro. The staff of Vice President Jojo Binay should fix this website as well.
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Tsk.. tsk.. tsk.. Very alarming…
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