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- College Editors Guild of the Philippines files Graft Charges at the Ombudsman against DFA/BSP
- A. Invitation to Bid
- B. http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=50332
- C. http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view_article.php?article_id=54609
- D. Memorandum for Secretary Guingona Re Certificate of Acceptance of Phase 1 by the MRP/V Advisory Board dated June 10 2002
- E. Certificate of Acceptance signed by Sec. Della D. Albert dated June 9 2004
- F. COA Sectoral Performance Audit Report on MRPV BOT Project dated May 30 2005
- G. Memorandum of MRPV Advisory Board to Secretary Romulo dated 10 May 2005 Re Approval of Central Site Facility and Machine Readable Passport with 2D BarCode
- H. Memorandum of the BOT Center to Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Waldo Q. Flores, Re "Update/ Status of implementation: DFA's Machine Readable Passport/Visa Project" dated 1 June 2005
- I. Memorandum to Executive Director Domingo Lucenario of OCA marked as Urgent, regarding action items pending in his office re the MRPV Project
- J. Letter of BOT Center to DFA dated October 29 2003 re Matter of Financial Capacoty of BOT Private Proponent
- K. Letter of DOF to DFA dated April 19 2004 re Matter of Financial Capacity of BOT Private Proponent
- L. Letter of MRPV Advisory Board to BOT Private Proponent Approving the Entry of Foreign Investors
- M. Letter of MRPV Advisory Board to BOT Private Proponent informing the earlier approval was reffered to the DFA Secretary "for his review and approval."
- N. Memorandum of MRPV Advisory Board to Secretary Romulo dated 3 May 2005 recommending the Entry of Foreign Investor
- O. Letter of BOT Private Proponent to Secretary Romulo dated December 07, 2005 transmitting proof of financial capacity; received by DFA on Dec 09 2005.
- P. Notice of Termination to BOT Private Proponent signed by Undersecretary Franklin M. Ebdalin, "Upon Instruction of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs": received by BCA on Dec 10 2005
- Q. Memorandum of MRPV Advisory Board to Secretary Romulo dated Dec 22, 2005, " expressing its reservation on the issuance of the Notice of Termination dated 10 December 2005 based on procedural and substantive ground"
- R. Memorandum of BOT Center to Secretary Romulo communicating its grave concern to the Notice of Termination
- S. Opinion of Department of Justice issued on February 28 2005
- T. Memorandum of the BOT Center to Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Waldo Q. Flores, Re "Update/ Status of implementation: DFA's Machine Readable Passport/Visa Project" dated 1 June 2005
- U. "IT firm says DFA petition over P1.1B passport project 'misleading'" By Rainier Allan Ronda; The Philippine Star;03/23/2007
- V. "Passport woes"; HIDDEN AGENDA By Mary Ann Ll. Reyes
- W. Memorandum of Ambassador Cristina G. Orlega re Travel to Europe of Assistant Secretary Domingo Lucenario and Mr. Fai Chua whose company represents Francois - Charles Oberthur Fiduclare in the Philippines
- X. "Hallucenario"; HIDDEN AGENDA By Mary Ann Ll. Reyes; The Philippines Star 04/04/2007
- Y. Memorandum of MRPV Advisory Board to Secretary Romulo dated 10 May 2005 Re Approval of Central Site Facility and Machine Readable Passport with 2D BarCode
- Z. Memorandum of MRPV Advisory Board to Secretary Romulo dated 3 May 2005 recommending the Entry of Foreign Investor
- AA. Letter of BOT Private Proponent to Secretary Romulo dated December 07, 2005 transmitting proof of financial capacity; received by DFA on Dec 09 2005.
- BB. Notice of Termination to BOT Private Proponent signed by Undersecretary Franklin M. Ebdalin, "Upon Instruction of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs": received by BCA on Dec 10 2005
- CC. Memorandum of MRPV Advisory Board to Secretary Romulo dated Dec 22, 2005, " expressing its reservation on the issuance of the Notice of Termination dated 10 December 2005 based on procedural and substantive ground"
- DD. Memorandum of BOT Center to Secretary Romulo communicating its grave concern to the Notice of Termination
- EE. Memorandum of Ambassador Cristina G. Orlega re Travel to Europe of Assistant Secretary Domingo Lucenario and Mr. Fai Chua whose company represents Francois - Charles Oberthur Fiduclare in the Philippines
- The DFA-BSP MOA Signing That Was Denied Under Oath by Atty Lucenario
- College Editors Guild of the Philippines files Graft Charges at the Ombudsman against DFA/BSP
37 comments:
so... what is this??? another pending problem. Hope not!!!
sayang naman ang naging efforts at gastos ng original at legal proponent ng project na ito. talaga nga naman ano, basta ma-accomodate lang ang mga padrino!
Is this the same "Philippines passport modernization" project that is being implemented now? The maroon-colored passport booklet?
This must be related in a news article I stumbled upon in Yahoo news. Here's the link, check it out:http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20080502/tph-passport-system-headaches-541dfb4.html
The complaint was filed April 2007. Has the Ombudsman acted on it yet? Maybe they are still waiting for a media coverage before the Ombudman gives attention to this case. I won't be surprised if this DFA/BSP scam is featured in tv news programs.
ibig sabihin nito bago pa man ang issue ng NBN-ZTE deal at magpalitan ng salita ang mga makukulay na tauhan na bumubuo nito, may existing na kaso/isyu na ng BOT project na ini-scam ng mga taga-gobyerno.Ibig sabihin ay totoo ang tinuran ni Jun Lozada na na "dysfunctional procurement system."
i read somewhere that the new passport issued by the dfa is not up to the standards of the icao.looks like the dfa rushed on the implementation of the project (with the bangko sentral).
I agree with abakada's comment. nakakahinayang ang pinagpaguran ng proponent, BCA International. Bakit kasi kalagitnaan na ng pag-usad ng proyekto saka napagtanto ng DFA na hindi "financially capable" ang kumpanya? Sa pagkakaalam ko sa mga BOT projects gaya nito, tinitingnan ang kakayahang pinansyal ng isang bidder, kung aya ba nitong patakbuhin at sustentuhan ang proyekto. Kung naigawad na sa BCA Intl. ang proyekto at naumpisahan na ang proseso, bakit biglaan namang ipahihinto na lamang nila Lucenario at Romulo. Lumalabas na sadya talagang may balak nang harangin ito ng grupo nila Lucenario,et. al.
ano na mangyayari kapag nagstart na yung hearing ng kaso? Ibig bang sabihin hindi muna i-o-honor yung mga narelease na cards habang pending yung kaso?
hindi naman siguro ihohold o irerecall yung mga na-issue na passports, kawawa naman ang mga passport holders wala naman silang kinalaman sa problemang ito.
What i can't understand is why didn't just the DFA give BCA International additional time or an extension to provide enough proof of their financial capability instead of bringing in a new company to undertake the same project. Are there kickbacks, commissions involved just like in the ZTE broadband deal?
kasi nga may hidden agenda ang ilang opisyal ng dfa/bsp dito sa passport deal na ito.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE. LET THE FILIPINO PEOPLE BE AWARE OF THE FACTS AND THE REAL DEAL ABOUT THE SCRAPPED PASSPORT PROJECT UNDER THE B.O.T. CONTRACT AND WHAT THE DFA REPLACED IT WITH.
Our government officials never fail to astound me! MAs ginusto pa nila na gumastos ng bilyon piso (2 billion pesos ayon dito sa complaint) para sa isang project na pwede naman palang privately-funded through this Build-Operate-Transfer scheme. What's worse is, they terminated the project midstream.
is the machine readable passport and the e-passport different from each other?
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), of which the Philippines is a member, has mandated that, by 2010, all countries must be issuing Machine Readable Passports. The modern passport is being upgraded from a simple paper document to a more secure one – with biometrics features including facial characteristics, and fingerprinting. The machine readable passport would have a machine readable zone. An E-passport is a machine readable travel document, being recommended by ICAO that would feature an RFID chip, or an embedded microchip where the biometrics data of the passport holder will be stored. Post2 - I have the maroon colored passport. What will happen to my passport when the case against the DFA-BSP is pursued? I hope it will still be honored.
This goes to show that prior to the NBN ZTE broadband scandal, there exists a scam in the amount of Php 2-billion pesos courtesy of the DFA and the BSP. Is there any government official who can be trusted ????
Saludo po ako sa CEGP sa pangunguna sa pagsulong ng mahalagang isyu na ito. DApat sana ipaalam na ito sa publiko, para naman malaman at maintindihan namnan ng kapwa Pilipino ang mga ginagawa ng ating mga opisyal sa pamahalaan. Dapat malaman ito ng mas maraming Pilipino dahil ang pasaporte ay isang mahalagang dokumento.
SAY WHAT? TWO BILLION PESOS FOR A PASSPORT MODERNIZATION PROJECT...THAT AMOUNT WILLBE COMING FROM THE FILIPINO PEOPLE'S POCKETS. CRIPES! THE DFA SHOULD AVE STUCK WITH THE ORIGINAL B.O.T. CONTRACT WITH THE PROPONENT AND LET THEM FUND THE PROJECT, THEN THIS TWO BILLION PESOS CAN BE ALLOCATED FOR SOME OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. I WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW THIS ISSUE. AFTER THE BROADBAND ZTE SCAM, HERE IS ANOTHER SIMILAR ISSUE THAT MUST BE SCRUTINIZED.
Graft and corruption seeping through the veins of the Philippines’procurement system.
Thisis just a postscript to my earlier comment. Seeing the name of Oberthur Fiduciaire in the complaint letter made me remember that it was that company’s printer that printed the 100-peso Arrovo bills. Would the department still entrust the printing of an important document like the Philippine passport to this company, or to its Philippine representative?
gagawin ng e-passport yung philippine passport natin sana
yung company namin ang makakuha ng project para ma-personalize ko yung sarili kong passport!!!!!
the new passport have electronic/barcoded signature kaya di makikita ng naked eye ang signature ng may-ari.
kaya lang, will the passport still be honored sa bank transactions if the signature can't be seen by the naked eye? primary i.d card kasi ang passport di ba? can anybody clear this up? thanks.
I don’t think the DFA will cancel the contract with the BCA if there were no legal grounds. Besides the matter about Philippine passport is very important as this is a piece of document not only meant to facilitate travel overseas, but also serves as a primary identification card in the Philippines. Perhaps, the Proponent, in the course of implementing the initial stages of the project, ran out of enough funds to cover the project. I don’t think the DFA would just hostage the project in midstream. There must be correspondence from the DFA asking the BCA to present additional proof of funds. BCA must have been given extensions of time to provide additional proof of financial capacity. Maybe the advice sent by the BCA as stated in the complaint letter filed by CGP, came in a little too little too late that there was no recourse but to terminate the agreement and the agency had to scout for a new supplier to continue the project.
Ang maganadang mangyari ay isapubliko ang isyung ito para malaman ng mga Pinoy taxpayers gaya ko kung ano ang real deal dito o kung may hidden agenda ba talaga sa project kaya kinansela ang contrata. kasi dapat hayaan din natin na magpaliwanag ang mga opisyal na sangkot dito. give them the benefit of the doubt, ika nga.
napansin ko lang na pangalan ni Dept of Foregn Affairs Asst Secretary DOmingo Lucenario ang nakalagay sa complaint. Ibihg sabihin po ba hindi alam ni Secretary Romulo ang nangyari?
That is why it’s about time that the involved officials should be investigated and the process should be made public to ensure transparency. The Filipino taxpayers have the right to know since this matter would involve a price tag of 2Billion pesos of taxpayers money.
I agree with Tita Frita. Let the truth be known.
Here! Here! And let's keep tabs on the development of this case.
To all the commenters: i saw this media release from the DFA's website. Looks like okay naman ang outcome ng pinangpalit ng DFA and BSP na passport program. Eto po yung link: http://www.dfa.gov.ph/news/pr/pr2008/apr/pr227.htm
PHILIPPINE MACHINE-READABLE PASSPORTS ARE TAMPER-RESISTANT AND FULLY ICAO-COMPLIANT
21 April 2008 - The Department of Foreign Affairs assures our people that the new machine-readable passports (MRPs) being issued by the department are tamper-resistant and fully compliant with the standards and requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The Philippine MRPs incorporate security features specifically designed to discourage tampering and improve the integrity of the passport system. Otherwise, tampered or forged passports will be rejected at airports, ports of entries of foreign countries.
The security features include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. watermarked paper and colored fibers,
2. ultraviolet (UV) - reactive inks,
3. a combination of security prints, such as fine lines with modulation, guilloche design, art screen and dash effects and microtext,
4. laser-perforated alpha-numeric serial numbers,
5. security laminates that are ultra thin with strong adhesion to prevent chemical, thermal or mechanical forgery,
6. high-level origination and high image definition,
7. high security animated and color switch optical imaging, and
8. nano imaging.
All relevant Philippine government agencies particularly the Bureau of Immigration, as well as all governments of the world, have been fully apprised of the features of the new Philippine passport and are thus able to detect forgeries and discrepancies which is highly prejudicial to Filipinos using said forged/fake passports.
Immigration officers are equipped with special tools for ascertaining the genuineness of passports.
The new MRP system includes the development and maintenance of a secure passport database to aid in rooting out identity theft and raising the integrity of the country's passport system.
Since the launch of the new machine-readable passports in June last year, the department has not had any verified case of fraud successfully foisted against the Philippine MRP.
The department is constantly evaluating and undertaking measures to improve the security of the passport system. END
With the new features of the machine readable passport, mahihirapan na ang mga baklas-passport fixers kasi nga may hologram na daw at naka-scan na ang photo ng passport holder.
It’s supposed to be a simple matter but they made it so complicated. Can’t the government agencies and the private sector just work in tandem? that's why there is the BOT Law right? to allow the private sector to take part in projects for the country, anyway the target of this project is to improve the quality of our country’s passport system.
just want to ask what is the latest development on this matter?
Is this the next big thing after the NBN ZTE deal? Siguro sa dami ng pending cases before the office of the Ombudsman, hindi na natugunan itong sa passport case. Although hindi naman excuse na madaming nakatenggang kaso. Baka nga kailangan ma-media muna ito bago magsikilos ang kinauukulan.
As at this writing, no news/development yet regarding the case filed by the CEGP bfore the Ombudsman. LIke you and the rest of the posters here, I am also awaiting for updates on this matter. This is important because the Philippine passport is a primary piece of identification and travel document.
This is a response to the comment posted by fatsowacko containing the media release from the department’s archives. This is a news bit telling us that the features of the new mrp that the foreign affairs office is bragging as secured and icao-compliant are more than what meets the eye. The article was penned by Rainier Alan Ronda of Philippine Star. Please see below:
Passport system causing visa applicants, travel agents headaches
The new but allegedly deficient "machine readable" passports (MRPs) being issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) are reportedly causing more difficulties for the thousands of Filipinos seeking visa to the United States.
Travel industry sources told The STAR that the absence of certain security and anti-fraudulent passport features in the MRPs has caused the US embassy to add a documentary requirement in the already exacting visa application process that has to be undergone by Filipinos wanting to travel to the US.
The source said the US embassy is now looking for the filled up application form submitted by Filipino citizens when they secured their passports.
"They look for a certified true copy of your passport application form," the source said.
The additional requirement means that the one seeking US visa will have to go back to the DFA just to get the certified true copy of the passport.
A P100 charge is reportedly being collected to get the certified copy, the source said.
US visa applicants who have no money to pay for travel agents do not have a choice but to get the form themselves, according to the source.
The source said that the US embassy had added the requirement to have an access to a visa applicant's thumbprints and specimen signatures that are all present in the Philippine passport application form.
These information, the source said, are absent in the new MRPs.
It will be recalled that the machine readable passports being issued by the DFA since last year have been alleged to carry poor security features that make them vulnerable to "complete reproduction" by unscrupulous groups engaging in human trafficking and therefore non-compliant with security standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
Aside from the poor security of the MRPs, there is also reportedly a lack of computer interconnectivity between the DFA and the Bureau of Immigration at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport that could make possible a real-time authentication of the machine-readable passports. - Rainier Allan Ronda/Philstar
nakita ko po yung 1-page paid ads sa philippine daily inquirer. may mga exhibit pong nakalagay dun pero wala po siya dito sa site. maaari niyo po bang i-up ang mga yun para makita at mapag-aralan din po ng ibang mga bloggers? maraming, maraming salamat po.
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