#NasaanAngSALNngPangulo is the trend to rant about

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Administrative Code of 1987, Book 1, Chapter 9, Sec. 34

“A public officer or employee shall, upon assumption of office and as often thereafter as may be required by law, submit a declaration under oath of his assets, liabilities, and net worth.

“In the case of the President, the Vice-President, the Members of the Cabinet, the Congress, the Supreme Court, and officers of the armed forces with general or flag rank, the declaration shall be disclosed to the public in the manner provided by law.”

Transparency and accountability. 

Wow, the President had been trending in the last few weeks.

#NasaanAngPangulo  - missing in action during Ulysses!

#GisingnabaAngPangulo - still sleeping?

#NasaanAngMalasakit  - none at all!

and now...

#NasaanAngSALNngPangulo - you think Xi has it? 

“Huwag na huwag talaga akong makarinig na (Let me not hear anything about) corruption, [not] even a whiff or whisper. I will fire you or place you somewhere.”

Sige nga, walk the talk po.

#NasaanAngSALNngPangulo is the trend the Palace should notice. With all his tough talk against corruption, Duterte should walk the talk. From all his 2016 presidential campaign promises, he fulfilled not one of them.

The old man hates corruption but he’s hiding his SALN (Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth). I just can’t get it lmao!  #NasaanAngSALNngPangulo

I mean, gagawa daw sya ng task force to investigate corruptionnin government... BUT hindi man lang mailabas ang SALN! 

Take note sya lang ang pangulong nagtago ng SALN ha! Anong tinatago? 

Ilabas ang SALN nang magka alaman na. You hate corruption, right? Then what's the point of hiding your SALN? You're the only President I think who decided not to disclose an official SALN.

Duterte himself told DOJ to investigate the 'entire government' for corruption. Sooooo......let’s start from the top.

The Office of the Vice President will not be spared from any investigation by the task force created by President Duterte to probe corruption in the entire bureaucracy, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said.

Puwede ngang ma-impeach ang Presidente dahil sa hindi paglabas ng SALN e ayon sa 1987 Constitution. 

Pero sige, huwag natin gawing trending ang #NasaanAngSALNngPangulo. Baka mapunta pa 'ko sa NBI. 

Huwag lang sanang gamitin to to make baseless accusations and stories against the OVP. This task force can/will be weaponized dahil we know who this people are working for. 

Putting all in context, 1092 Filipinos of the 1500 surveyed approves of Duterte’s performance. That's 0.001233 % of the 106 million Filipinos. 

Lakompake sa survey na yan. All I am interested in is his SALN. 

What I know of make believe public servants are those who refuse to make their SALNs public, a basic requirement of anyone holding public office.

And making Ombudsman release a "retroactive" memorandum to make a cover up like asking the very Philippine Constitution to back off.  

Bunch of pathetic clowns. 

Halos limang taon ka nang nakaupo. Napakasimpleng obligasyon ni ‘di mo nga magawa. Pangulo ka, dapat ikaw ang nauunang tumutupad para magsilbi kang ehemplo sa iba. Sa pangungutang, paggastos, pagyayabang pagmumura, pagbabanta, at pambabastos ka magaling⁉️

I don't know why we are letting this kind of leadership create diversion among us? Kitang kita naman kung sino ang impostor

I have to share this again because #NasaanAngSALNngPangulo is something that each Filipino deserves to know. Disclosing Duterte's SALN is a form of transparency and it's an accountability measure to every taxpayers too. But, I don't think 230 values those two qualities though. 

If DDS are throwing "The law is law" upon the refusal of ABS-CBN franchise renewal, then why are they so silent when it's required by the law that a Public Official must disclose his/her SALN, which Duterte never did?

We’re not asking people to speak against the government. We’re asking the sovereign people to speak against the errors of the government, the ones the sovereign people elected to serve them. 

If you can’t see the difference, no fake accent can make you intelligent.

Ano naman mali na may fans ang VP. They can’t just deny the fact our VP is doing a good job, better then other public servants. Dami kasi inggit sa following. 

I can now sense that DDS will make ways to make some hashtag for Leni na mag ttrend just like #NasaanAngSALNngPangulo 

Monday bukas guys, let’s give the old man something to rant about. For sure, 2PM pa naman niya to mababasa

Here we Go again! Same old , same old...it's a Monday, expect rant and anger coming from the "the best and brightest in the solar system" later tonight...

I hope it won't be another case of * making exceptions for himself.

I think before you order the heads be sure you’ve done it yourself specially the highest official of the land to set as example for those who were in lower positions. How can they be obligated if the President makes himself as an exemption? 

Sabin nga ni Special Asst: “Katulad ng palagi kong sinasabi, walang dapat piliin. Walang dapat paboran. Dapat lahat ay pantay-pantay sa mata ng batas. Mahirap man o mayaman, lahat tayo ay may karapatan sa ilalim ng batas.” Kaya #NasaanAngSALNngPangulo

DOTr supports anti-corruption drive in government

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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has expressed full support behind the government’s drive to stamp out graft and corruption across various government agencies.

DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade said the Transport Department is in full support of the order of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to probe graft and corruption in government.

To recall, the President ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) in October to lead a “mega” task force that will conduct an investigation into graft across all government agencies. According to the President, the authority to investigate by the DOJ-led task force will be in effect until the end of his term on June 30, 2022

In line with the DOTr’s cooperation in the anti-graft probe, Tugade said he had ordered all the heads of agencies and other DOTr officials to submit their individual Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net worth (SALN) to the DOJ-led task force.

The order includes officials’ chief-of-staff, secretaries, executive assistants, those involved in project management and procurement.

Secretary Tugade said he has already assigned a group and a point person who will gather and review the SALNs of all DOTr officials, past and present, including his.

“Sabi ko ikumpara ‘yun at ipakita at sabihin sa akin kung meron silang nakikitang dapat bigyang pansin (I told them to compare the SALNs and show and tell if they see anything that must be looked into),” Tugade earlier said during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay online forum.

The transport chief directed the comparison of submission for 3 periods of the SALN or for 3 years to find out if there is substantial difference between the periods.

“Makikiisa kami d’yan sa mega task force. Nag-meeting na kami (at susundin namin ang) requirement ng PACC (Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission) para sa ganon, maipakita na kaisa kami dun sa pagwalis at pag-address ng corruption sa gobyerno (We will support the mega task force. We already had a meeting and agreed to comply with the requirement asked for by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission so we can show that we are cooperating with the government in addressing and eradicating corruption),” he added.

Meanwhile, Secretary Tugade said he is glad that the DOTr is not included in the five agencies that the President had identified as among the most problematic agencies in the country.

Since 2016, the transport chief has been implementing strict anti-corruption policies and measures. He has directed the Central Office and all agencies under it to live stream the bidding process for transparency. Also, meetings with contractors have been forbidden during the conduct of the bidding process to prevent bribery and undue influence. He has further ordered the publication of bidding processes conducted.

Further, he has ordered the strict adherence to the "No Gift Policy" he instituted since Day 1 of his administration, only allowing electronic greetings for occasions since physical greeting cards may be used to insert money for bribes.

More importantly, Secretary Tugade has been uncompromising in implementing the "One-Strike" Policy on corruption. In fact, since his tenure started until 2019, 20 personnel have been relieved, 17 have been suspended, and 128 have been dismissed from the service for grave misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.

True to his maxim that no one is untouchable when it comes to weeding out corrupt practices in the agencies under the DOTr, those dismissed and suspended include not only rank-and-file employees but even middle managers or chiefs, and top brass in the Central Office and agencies, with cases ranging from fixing activities, involvement in payola, to receiving fees, gifts or other valuable items in the course of official duties.

This year, 5 dismissed employees belong to the division chief and director levels. Further, in November alone, 4 employees have been preventively suspended due to an ongoing case on grave misconduct, and a job order was immediately terminated. These cases have been reported to the President.

New Logo of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

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What can you say about the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ new logo?

“The use of the Philippine eagle in the new logo is intended to represent the BSP as well as the Filipino people which it serves,” the central bank said. 

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has introduced a new logo, which features a full-bodied Philippine eagle rendered in gold. According to the central.bank, the new logo took inspiration from various wildlife photographs of the actual eagle.

I like the old logo better. Minimalist and more modern. This looks like a copy from somewhere. Just my opinion. 

"Full-bodied Philippine eagle"? No offense to the one who made this, but the eagle in this logo is "bansot." And it looks surprised. Surprised also that the logo looks that way. Couldn't find a better graphics designer?

The Philippine Eagle is one of the world's largest eagle. The length of the legs, and the size of the head, also the wingspan are terribly out of scale. Even an amateur designer will notice what is wrong with the design.

It reminds me more of US government offices. Most of them have an eagle. Tacky, sort of traditional. But it is also worth noticing that it looks like the Gold Eagle beer logo.

Looks like a communist-leaning design.... it looks regal but something is off design and aesthetic-wise. The current logo seemed more balanced. No clutter, clean design and gives a feeling of being professional. 

This one seems to be projecting or trying to be regal in its image, but still seem to be struggling for balance.

Parang US emblem with that eagle, and China's emblem with that stars. I prefer the existing version.

Mas better yung current one. Magkano kaya budget sa project na yan plus the cost of changing all current logos to the new one on paperworks like stationeries and at the facade of their offices. Also, not timely since we still have the pandemic. A logo change can wait. Taxpayers prefer their money is used on them than spent on something not really beneficial.

It looks like they just tried to paste a picture of the head of the eagle to some other eagle body that they probably copied from somewhere else.

Is there's anything wrong with the previous logo? Why is there a need to change it?

In the perspective of a digital artist, a logo should be simple but memorable. If scaled, there will be a problem in terms of printing (especially in small scales), same thing applies when it is printed in black and white. The colors are vibrant than the previous one.

In the perspective of a numismatist (money collector and studying Philippine money and economy), seeing the new logo doesn't fit to the identity of BSP as main monetary authority in the country because in the first glance, it looks more like a logo of US defense or military force than a central bank itself.

In short, the old logo is still much better to use than the newly proposed logo. The old logo is simple, memorable, corporate, trustworthy and more appropriate for the central monetary authority of the Philippines.

Things that makes the new logo slightly unappealing to the eye:

First, Color Pallete was slightly off.

Royal Blue and Gold that was used in the logo makes it more left behind in modern graphics design. The pallete used was more of "Golden Years" theme and based on my personal preference it wasn't a match for this kind of logo.

Second, Too Much Details. 

The less details, less crowded the logo is, the more it catches the public eye. The details in birds makes it more complex to see.

Third, Too Common.

The bird position was commonly used in logo that makes it less eye-catchy. 

No offense to graphic artist, he/she did a great job. This was only based on my personal preference that the design theme wasn't a match to this kind of logo.

Overall, most designs come about for improvement.  This new one looks like a plagiarized downgrade.