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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
6 comments:
SAY WHAT? TWO BILLION PESOS FOR A PASSPORT MODERNIZATION PROJECT AND 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.
yun pala ibig sabihin ng "hallucenario" - hallucinating a scenario. akala ko kasi it's a pun intended para sa pangalan ni Dfa Asst Sec Lucenario.
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.
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
The Filipinos should know about the background of this matter. It will be better if we get to hear what the involved officials from the dfa or the bsp.
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