Tourism Usec. Vicente Romano III's resignation, was it really delicadeza or iwas pusoy?

In his resignation letter, Tourism Undersecretary Vicente Romano III states his wishes:

I take full responsibility for the branding controversy, and for this reason I am tendering my irrevocable resignation effective immediately 

I hope this puts closure on the issue. I now appeal to the industry stakeholders, to media, and to the general public to put this behind us and rally behind Secretary Lim, whose only fault in this whole controversy is in trusting me completely.

Not so fast Mr. Undersecretary...

Just a few minutes ago, I heard Kabayan Noli de Castro on the radio going through some of the paperwork on the launch of the "Pilipinas, kay ganda" re-branding concept.  The thing is he mentioned at least two supply contracts that was awarded to a certain Winston Desiderio who allegedly was fronting for Denise Romanao -- the daughter of Mr. Undersecretary Romano.

WHAT THE FUCK?!!  Kung tutoo ito, anong pagbabago ang sinasabi mong UNGGOY ka?!!

Cronyism... DIYAN PO NAKILALAANG NAUNANG CORY AQUINO ADMINISTRATION... Don't tell me that it's back with a vengeance.

Tourism Usec. Enteng Romano is in Las Vegas, asking PH Tourism offices to use "Pilipinas, kay ganda" slogan

In his first attempt to set a bold new direction for the Philippine's tourism industry, it seems Secretary Bertie Lim committed a major blunder.

For reasons he cannot fully explain, his department approved and launched an untested re-branding concept for Philippine tourism without consulting tourism industry stakeholders as mandated by the Tourism Act of 2009.

New logo for Philippine tourism approved by DoT is derived from Poland's logo.
Source: http://spankyenriquez.blogspot.com/2010/11/plagiarized-pilipinas-kay-ganda-logo.html

Right now, a mole in his department says that Tourism Undersecretary for Promotion Enteng Romano is in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA ordering Philippine Tourism Offices there to USE the much criticized "Pilipinas kay ganda" slogan.  This, despite vehement reactions from the upper and lower chambers of the Philippine congress -- some members of which vowed to deprive the Department of Tourism of a promotion budget should it insist on using the slogan.

The question is, if Campaigns and Grey wasn't paid for coming up with the NEW slogan and logo, WHY IS THE DOT INSISTING ON USING IT despite negative criticism?

I don't think it is merely to find some justification for its use, buoyed perhaps by some press release from a friendly "tourism" maven in the US or claims that the reception of the new slogan in the US was warm.

I smell a sweetheart deal here, somewhere.

Here's something  that was written by Usec. Romano, showing disdain for COA procedures:

The overarching philosophy of governance is one of mistrust – an assumption that everyone will steal unless prevented and monitored by the almighty COA.

Pre-audits and bidding procedures are designed to discourage arbitrary selection of favored vendors. Good, but it also prevents you from getting reliable partners who are known to deliver, especially fortime-sensitive projects. And it's so time-consuming that you loseout on opportunistic offers.

Source: http://lamanglupa.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-so-you-know-guy-behind-pilipinas.html