In surveys by reputable pollsters, the revenue-generating agencies along with the Bureau of Immigration and the Department of Public Works and Highways have vied for the dubious honor of being ranked as the most corrupt agencies.
It’s disappointing that the Philippine Statistics Authority, which is associated with demographic data collection, has also become tainted with a corruption scandal.
The illegal activity in the Santa Cruz civil registry came to light following the arrest of a 21-year-old Chinese who was applying for a Philippine passport to travel to the United States. He presented a Philippine birth certificate, a PSA-issued national ID and a driver’s license, but personnel in the Department of Foreign Affairs became suspicious because he gave inconsistent answers and could not speak Cebuano or Filipino.
In recent years, immigration officials had come under fire, with dozens of them slapped with criminal cases, for allowing the illegal entry of Chinese nationals who ended up working for Philippine offshore gaming operator firms. Now, possible corruption is being unearthed in the PSA. The agency will have to conduct a thorough housecleaning to excise this rot.
Walk inside the home of the quintessential Filipino working-class family – perhaps like the blue-collar workers or the minimum wage earners – and in these homes, it’s very likely that you will find... In all the years since I started out in media, never have I seen our relationship with Japan evolve into what it is today, which is not only at its best, but perhaps at its highest level since the end of World War...
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