Andanar – an early supporter of the FOI executive order – emerged as having the most types of detail redacted on his SALN: 10, namely Filer’s Address; Spouse’s Office Address; Name, Date of Birth, and Age of Unmarried Minor Children; Description of Real Properties; Exact Location of Real Properties; Acquisition Costs of Real Properties; Acquisition Costs/Amounts of Personal Properties; Outstanding Balance of Liabilities; Business Address of Business Interests and Financial Connections; and ID No. of Filer and/or Spouse.
5 to 9 redactions each
Two of his Cabinet colleagues – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II and Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial – meanwhile had nine types of detail redacted. These were blacked out in the SALNs of both Aguirre and Ubial: Filer’s Address; ID No. of Filer and/or Spouse; Acquisition Costs of Real Properties; Acquisition Costs/Amounts of Personal Properties; Exact Location of Real Properties; Outstanding Balance of Liabilities; and Spouse’s Office Address.
Redacted in Aguirre’s SALN as well were Business Address of Business Interests and Financial Connections and Description of Real Properties. In Ubial’s these were also blacked out: Name of Creditor and Name, Date of Birth, and Age of Unmarried Minor Children.
Eighteen or 60 percent of the SALNs reviewed each had between five and eight types of detail redacted. Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano and Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo meanwhile had the least redactions on their SALNs: two each, the Filer’s Address and Amount of Personal Properties. |
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Tally: How Many Redactions in Whose SALNs? |
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Name of Filer |
Position |
SALN As Of |
Number of Redacted Details |
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Andanar, Jose Ruperto Martin |
Secretary, Presidential Communications Operations Office |
December 31, 2016 |
10 |
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Aguirre, Vitaliano II |
Secretary, Department of Justice |
December 31, 2016 |
9 |
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Ubial, Paulyn Jean |
Secretary, Department of Health |
December 31, 2016 |
9 |
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Piñol, Emmanuel |
Secretary, Department of Agriculture |
December 31, 2016 |
8 |
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Villar, Mark |
Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways |
December 31, 2016 |
8 |
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Bello, Silvestre III |
Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment |
December 31, 2016 |
7 |
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Cui, Ferdinand Jr. |
Undersecretary, Presidential Management Staff |
December 31, 2016 |
7 |
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Cuy, Catalino |
Undersecretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government |
December 31, 2016 |
7 |
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Esperon, Hermogenes Jr. |
National Security Adviser and Director General, National Security Council |
December 31, 2016 |
7 |
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Monteagudo, Alex Paul |
Director General, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency |
December 31, 2016 |
7 |
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Pernia, Ernesto |
Secretary, National Economic and Development Authority |
December 31, 2016 |
7 |
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Cusi, Alfonso |
Secretary, Department of Energy |
December 1, 2016 |
6 |
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Dela Peña, Fortunato |
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology |
December 31, 2016 |
6 |
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Dominguez, Carlos |
Secretary, Department of Finance |
December 31, 2016 |
6 |
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Dureza, Jesus |
Cabinet Secretary |
December 31, 2016 |
6 |
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Lopez, Regina Paz |
Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
December 31, 2016 |
6 |
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Lao, Yasmin |
Secretary, National Commission on Muslim Filipinos |
December 31, 2016 |
5 |
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Lorenzana, Delfin |
Secretary, Department of National Defense |
December 31, 2016 |
5 |
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Maza, Liza |
Secretary, National Anti-Poverty Commission |
April 17, 2017 |
5 |
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Salalima, Rodolfo |
Secretary, Department of Information and Communications Technology |
December 31, 2016 |
5 |
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Tugade, Arthur |
Secretary, Department of Transportation |
December 31, 2016 |
5 |
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Briones, Leonor |
Secretary, Department of Education |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Cimatu, Roy |
Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
May 8, 2017 |
4 |
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Diokno, Benjamin |
Secretary, Department of Budget and Management |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Taguiwalo, Judy |
Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Cayetano, Alan Peter |
Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs |
May 17, 2017 |
3 |
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Lopez, Ramon |
Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry |
December 31, 2016 |
3 |
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Mariano, Rafael |
Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform |
December 31, 2016 |
2 |
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Teo, Wanda Corazon |
Secretary, Department of Tourism |
December 31, 2016 |
2 |
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*Note: Some pages of the SALNs of Briones, Cayetano, Cimatu, Lopez (Ramon), Lorenzana, Mariano, and Teo were missing from the copies released by the Malacañang Records Office. |
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DU30: Address only
Interestingly, the President’s own December 31, 2016 SALN has even less redactions than Mariano and Teo. Released by the Office of the Ombudsman, Duterte’s address is the only portion blacked out by the repository agency.
His four-page SALN declaration also did not shy away from providing details, with the addresses of his real properties complete up to the lot and block number.
Of late, though, the redaction frenzy seems to have calmed down somewhat. The bad news is that it looks like the items to be redacted in released copies of SALNs to the public are now being set and made part of the process.
On September 18, the Malacañang Records Office (MRO) released to PCIJ a fresh batch of SALNs, among which were those of Cabinet members and other high-ranking officials.
The batch included the latest SALNs on file at the repository agency and was made up of a total of 46 SALNs filed by some 45 appointed officials, some of whom are still in office, while a few others have already resigned or have been removed. Department of National Defense Undersecretary Eduardo D. Del Rosario had two of his SALNs in the pile, one as of July 1, 2016 and the other as of Dec. 31, 2016.
Redactions in this batch were kept within a five-item list: Filer’s Address; Name, Date of Birth, and Age of Unmarried Minor Children; Exact Location of Real Properties; ID No. of Filer and/or Spouse; and Signature of Declarant and/or Spouse.
Redactions on SALNs Released to PCIJ by Malacañang Records Office on Sept. 18, 2017 |
Redacted Details |
SALNs Affected |
Filer’s Address |
46 |
Signature of Declarant and/or Spouse |
46 |
ID No. of Filer and/or Spouse |
44 |
Exact Location of Real Properties |
33 |
Name, Date of Birth, and Age of Unmarried Minor Children |
11 |
All 46 SALNs had redacted Filer’s Address and Signature of Declarant and/or Spouse. Blacking out of the declarant’s and their spouse’s signatures were made on all pages, as some filers signed each page of their SALN.
Seven out of the 46 SALNs have five redacted details, 28 or 60 percent of the total have four redacted details, and 11 have three redacted details. |
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Tally 2: How Many Redactions in Whose SALNs in the New Batch? |
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Name of Filer |
Position |
SALN As Of |
Number of Redacted Details |
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Andanar, Jose Ruperto Martin |
Secretary, Presidetial Communications Operations Office |
December 31, 2016 |
5 |
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Bello, Silvestre III |
Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment |
December 31, 2016 |
5 |
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Delgra, Martin III |
Chairman, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board |
June 30, 2016 |
5 |
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Esperon, Hermogenes Jr. |
National Security Adviser and Director General, National Security Council |
December 31, 2016 |
5 |
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Faeldon, Nicanor |
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs |
December 31, 2016 |
5 |
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Jalad, Ricardo |
Administrator, Office of Civil Defense |
July 1, 2016 |
5 |
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Maglunsod, Joel |
Undersecretary, Department of Labor and Employment |
June – December 2016 |
5 |
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Aguirre, Vitaliano II |
Secretary, Department of Justice |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Bautista, Rolando Joselito |
Commander, 104th Inf. Bde., 1ID, PA |
December 31, 2015 |
4 |
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Briones, Leonor |
Secretary, Department of Education |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Calida, Jose |
Solicitor General |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Cayetano, Alan Peter |
Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs |
May 17, 2017 |
4 |
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Cimatu, Roy |
Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
May 8, 2017 |
4 |
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Cusi, Alfonso |
Secretary, Department of Energy |
December 1, 2016 |
4 |
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Cuy, Catalino |
Undersecretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Del Rosario, Eduardo |
Undersecretary, Department of National Defense
Undersecretary, Department of National Defense
Acting Chairperson, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation |
July 1, 2016 |
4 |
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December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Domingo, Andrea |
Secretary, Department of Finance |
June 30, 2016 |
4 |
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Dominguez, Carlos |
Secretary, Department of Finance |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Dulay, Caesar |
Commissioner, Bureau of Internal Revenue |
June 30, 2016 |
4 |
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Dureza, Jesus |
Cabinet Secretary |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Galvante, Edgar |
Assistant Secretary, Land Transportation Office |
July 1, 2016 |
4 |
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Kintanar, Noel Eli |
Undersecretary, Department of Transportation |
September 15, 2016 |
4 |
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Laviña, Peter Angelo |
None indicated (should be Chief of National Irrigation Administration) |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Lopez, Ramon |
Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Lopez, Regina Paz |
Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Lorenzana, Delfin |
Secretary, Department of National Defense |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Monteagudo, Alex Paul |
Director General, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
|
Morente, Jaime |
Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Pernia, Ernesto |
Secretary, National Economic and Development Authority |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
|
Piñol, Emmanuel |
Secretary, Department of Agriculture |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
|
Ramirez, William |
Chairman, Philippine Sports Commission |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
|
Sueno, Ismael |
Secretary, Department of the Interior and Local Government |
June 30, 2016 |
4 |
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Taguiwalo, Judy |
Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Villar, Mark |
Secretary, Department of Public Works and Highways |
December 31, 2016 |
4 |
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Dela Peña, Fortunato |
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology |
December 31, 2016 |
3 |
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Dela Rosa, Ronald |
Chief, Philippine National Police |
December 31, 2016 |
3 |
|
Diokno, Benjamin |
Secretary, Department of Budget and Management |
December 31, 2016 |
3 |
|
Gierran, Dante |
Director 1, National Bureau of Investigation |
December 31, 2015 |
3 |
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Lapeña, Isidro |
Director General, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency |
July 1, 2016 |
3 |
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Mariano, Rafael |
Secretary, Department of Agrarian Reform |
December 31, 2016 |
3 |
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Maza, Liza |
Secretary, National Anti-Poverty Commission |
April 17, 2017 |
3 |
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Salalima, Rodolfo |
Secretary, Department of Information and Communications Technology |
December 31, 2016 |
3 |
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Teo, Wanda Corazon |
Secretary, Department of Tourism |
December 31, 2016 |
3 |
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Tugade, Arthur |
Secretary, Department of Transportation |
December 31, 2016 |
3 |
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Ubial, Paulyn Jean |
Secretary, Department of Health |
December 31, 2016 |
3 |
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GOCC appointees, too
The five-detail redaction checklist also applied to SALNs of Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations that were released on Sept. 18 as well. A total of 65 SALNs of Duterte GOCC appointees had blacked-out Filer’s Address, Name, Date of Birth, and Age of Unmarried Minor Children; Exact Location of Real Properties; ID No. of Filer and/or Spouse; and Signature of Declarant and/or Spouse.
And yet SALNs of Duterte-appointed GOCC appointees – also recently released by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) — did not bear any kind of redactions. In fact, each page even had a “Certified True Copy” stamp of CSC’s Communications Management Division.
Aside from the issue of redaction, though, PCIJ observed a few blunders in the filed SALNs of the listed high-ranking appointed officials.
Tugade: wrong SALN form
For one, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade used outdated SALN forms in his recent filings. For both his June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2016 SALN declarations, Tugade used the SALN form mandated by Civil Service Commission Resolution No. 1100902, promulgated on July 8, 2011.
CSC, however, declared through its Resolution No. 1500088, promulgated on Jan. 23, 2015, that a revised SALN form be used from then on.
The 2015 form, compared to the one used by Tugade, did not have the parts on “Amount and Sources of Gross Income,” “Amount of Personal and Family Expenses,” and “Amount of Income Taxes Paid.”
The older form also cited both the Republic Act No. 3019 or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and Republic Act No. 6713 or the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees on its header. The newer form, meanwhile, only cited the latter.
Former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief Isidro Lapeña, for his part, attached annexes dated December 31, 2015 to his July 1, 2016 SALN. All the pages of the SALN and the annexes except the page that included the signature of declarant showed a stamp of “Isidro S. Lapeña, PhD, CSEE. Director General.”
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza, meanwhile, indicated “Cabinet Secretary, Office of the President of the Philippines” for his position and office instead of his more specific role. Also, it can be confused with the role of Leoncio Evasco, Jr., which is currently the Cabinet Secretary, according to the Office of the President website.
Former National Irrigation Administration (NIA) chief Peter Laviña also failed to indicate his post as of December 31, 2016 when he filed a joint SALN with his wife for the end of 2016. The Laviñas filed their December 2016 SALN on April 26, 2017, or almost two months after Peter Laviña resigned from NIA.
There was also Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, who erroneously dated his December 2016 SALN as “December 1, 2016” instead of “December 31, 2016.” Cusi started his stint as secretary in July 2016, according to the Department of Energy website. — With research by Malou Mangahas, Steffi Sanchez, and John Reiner Antiquerra, PCIJ. September 2017
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