DPWH under fire for Facebook 'photoshopping'

**chua_riwap** · September 29th, 2011 09:18 PM

talaga naman ang mga tao natin sa gobyerno.
di na nahiya. PWE!

nag-photo shop pa ng picture, maging bida lamang.
check that guy in red, parang nakalutang ......ha-ha!

DPWH under fire for Facebook 'photoshopping' | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) caught the ire of social media and blogs Thursday for allegedly poorly fabricating a photo uploaded on its Facebook page.

The image, allegedly altered through popular editing program Photoshop, showed DPWH Undersecretary Romeo Momo with Metro Manila Regional Director Reynaldo Tagudando and South Manila District Engineer Mikunug Macud talking, with the damaged Manila Bay seawall in the background.

The 3 officials seem to be floating on air in the fabricated photo.

Pierre Albert San Diego, a civil engineer, pointed out the discrepancies in his blog, Controlled Chaos.

"I re-checked the image and concluded that DPWH fabricated this picture. Why they had to edit it and not just simply compose a photo with all three guys, I do not know," he said. "Although my evil mind tells me that the DPWH wants a pogi photo showing their bosses in deep thought while assessing the disaster site, and they didn’t have the opportunity to pose because those guys were probably there for 15 minutes max – so they just lasso tooled the hell out of that pic."

"Some say this is a very minor issue, but I see this is as a nice sample of DPWH’s lack of integrity. If they can fabricate simple things like this, just imagine what these guys can do to progress billings and acceptance of projects," San Diego added. "Also, while relatively mild, isn’t this a classic example of 'Utak Wangwang?' While unethical and unnecessary, they thought they could get away with fabricating photos so they tried to."

The DPWH Central Office's Facebook administrators have deleted the fabricated photo and uploaded new images, presumably unaltered.

However, the department continued to receive flak on the social media site because of the Photoshop faux pas.

"Nakakahiya kayo! Nagphophotoshop pa ng litrato na peke," said Arthur Espiritu.

"Bakit ba hinahayaan nyo yung ganito dapat may managot sa picture na iyon panloloko yun! Pati ba naman report dadayain pa. Di tama iyan. Paano pa tayo pagkakatiwalaan ng taong bayan kung yung picture nga na simpleng bagay dinadaya," said Allan Olimpo Almarines.

"Hahahaha akala nyo di kami marunong ng Photoshop," said YumiZuki Oshiro.

The DPWH Central Office has apologized over the altered photo.

"We apologize for the photo release... it was not cleared yet before the staff posted it. It was already replaced," said a page administrator post signed by DPWH public information department chief Beth Pilorin.

**shadow** · September 29th, 2011 09:40 PM

multo na yan dalawa, sila rin yun andoon sa background. yun malayo...

**Monseratto** · September 29th, 2011 09:45 PM

Gaya-gaya DPWH. Meron din sa China...

How to not photoshop official government photos, funny Chinese bad photoshop sensation.. | Patricia Chan

Fake

Original

Hope may parodies na susunod like these...

**Ry_Tower** · September 29th, 2011 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by shadow

multo na yan dalawa, sila rin yun andoon sa background. yun malayo...

Grabe nga, sila rin yung sa malayo based sa jacket. Mga walanghiya! :twak:

**flakez** · September 29th, 2011 11:28 PM

ang bobo naman ng nag photoshop nito, hindi man lang napansin na andon sa likod yung dalawang tao na nilagay niya sa harap. hahaha

**KIANTOT** · September 29th, 2011 11:31 PM

Anu kaya ibig sabihin ng picture, magic siguro?

**chua_riwap** · September 29th, 2011 11:38 PM

kups talaga itong DPWH. lahat na lang dinaya. pati reports (picture) nila, dinaya.
kala ko mga projects lang nila dinadaya.......

**CVT** · September 30th, 2011 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by flakez

ang bobo naman ng nag photoshop nito, hindi man lang napansin na andon sa likod yung dalawang tao na nilagay niya sa harap. hahaha

Bopol talaga iyan mga kvp*l na iyan!!!

Sisantihin na ang mga m*k*ng na iyan....

14.1K:tvcomedy:

**KERSMcRae** · September 30th, 2011 09:38 AM

Sus, kayo naman. tama lang to. Kaya nga DPWH e.
Dept. of Photoshop Works & Highways.. bwe hehe

**jansky** · September 30th, 2011 09:51 AM

saan makita pix?

**Ry_Tower** · September 30th, 2011 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by chua_riwap

kups talaga itong DPWH. lahat na lang dinaya. pati reports (picture) nila, dinaya.
kala ko mga projects lang nila dinadaya.......

Sir chua asa pa tayo. Malalaking bagay nga dinadaya yan pa kayang maliit lang! La na talaga conscience mga yan eh! :twak: Buwisit! :

**Ry_Tower** · September 30th, 2011 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by KERSMcRae

Sus, kayo naman. tama lang to. Kaya nga DPWH e.
Dept. of Photoshop Works & Highways.. bwe hehe

:hysterical: Panalo bossing!!!!! :clap:

**vinj** · September 30th, 2011 12:07 PM

Photo op nalang di pa magawa ng maayo.

A new low in DPWH fails.

On a side note, parang ang sweet nila maglakad (yung sa background).

**uls** · September 30th, 2011 12:22 PM

**Monseratto** · October 1st, 2011 08:17 PM

Find the kitty...

DPWH Releases New Photoshopped Image. Aims to Distract the Public. « So, What's News?

DPWH Releases New Photoshopped Image. Aims to Distract the Public.
Posted by Stewart on October 1, 2011 · 2 Comments

MANILA, Philippines — After drawing flak and criticism for a Photoshopped image posted on the social networking site Facebook, the Department of Public Works and Highways or DPWH has just released a new photo, with the intent of distracting the public from it’s recent debacle.

In a post made this morning, the DPWH released the said photo with the title Find the Kitty. In the photo, DPWH Undersecretary Romeo Momo with South Manila District Engineer Mikunug Macud and Metro Manila Regional Director Reynaldo Tagudando are seen in deep thought, and apparently looking for a lost cat that strayed away from it’s owner during the devastation of typhoon Pedring.

A press statement from the government agency explains the photo in detail: “This is the real photo where the controversial image originated. Here, we could see our government officials hard at work helping the public even of the smallest detail. One of the engineers in the photo is seen describing the height of the cat to his two colleagues. After 30 minutes of searching, they were able to locate the cat and return it to it’s owner.”

A group of concerned citizens were alarmed by the incompetency of the agency with the discovery of the first doctored image. They said that the time spent by the government employee(s) who altered the image and then uploading it to Facbook should have just been used to help others in need. They are proposing to change the meaning of DPWH to Department of Photoshopped Works and Hullabaloo.

Rumors are also circulating that the agency’s employees are not that incompetent as we would have been lead to believe. An employee of who wished to remain anonymous said proudly that DPWH workers are some of the top players in the social networking game Cityville. Saying that they know what they are doing and are meant for the jobs that they have.

Did you find missing cat faster than the 3 government officials?

**chua_riwap** · October 1st, 2011 08:58 PM

^ ayun, nasa batuhan........

**kinyo** · October 2nd, 2011 08:26 AM

i'll bet those officials don't care sh!t about this issue ... they are just laughing themselves all the way to the bank

**ghosthunter** · October 2nd, 2011 07:15 PM

LOL!

**ghosthunter** · October 2nd, 2011 07:23 PM

MORE at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...2009029&type=1

**chua_riwap** · October 2nd, 2011 08:08 PM

^ lol.
sumikat na ang 3 bugok na ito.

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