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We received an update on that British man and his Filipina wife being held in prison now for over two years, all the time the aged parents getting milked by every official who can smell a peso, their kids cared for by relatives and never getting to see them as one by one the family turns away, and some even turn on them. It is a shambles that should have ended in May. Of some 24 cases alleging people trafficking and other offences more than 20 have been dismissed due to lack of evidence or complainant. The latest case, put off due to the court system being a shambles there no doubt, was another no show of the witness and claimant. So the judge postponed this case till October to give them a chance to appear. Please, they are not going to be there in October and no doubt this robed fool will postpone it again, all in the name of justice, saving the pride and face of the idiot authorities who should never have started this in the first place.

Our correspondent writes:

This is yet another shining example of Filipino corruption and incompetence and while every nation has its share of both, they seem to make it more of a national sport than cockfighting or basketball. Which says a lot for the mentality of these people, a nation where the average height is 5’6″ spend more time playing basketball than looking for work. Oh happy children, no wonder the catholic church were able to convert and rule you for so long and still do. Pathetic people, but then there is no work as the ruling elite control everything with their goons the corrupt police, thieving general staff of the AFP and of course, their witch doctors from the catholic church. It is no wonder the main export is Filipinos. They seem to blossom once outside the control of the cloying culture that robs individuals of any chance of getting anywhere except at the expense of someone else,like crabs clawing their way out of the bucket. Make no mistake, it is not a racial thing but a cultural one. The culture supports incompetence and corruption as it promotes pakikisama, or group harmony. Far more important than justice (an imported American idea from the 1900s), or competence (who needs that when labor is so cheap and sex easy to take) and corruption saves having to pay fair salaries.

If you are thinking of investing a dime in this country, be aware you too might end up the victim of greedy, lying officials and suffer for years in their sewer of a prison system, not fit for humans and clear proof the Philippines has no right to call itself a civilized society. Remember, I speak of the society, the culture and the authorities, not the individual Filipino. So get angry Pinoy and sort your system out or remain the laughing stock of the civilized world and the destination for all the loser foreigners who, like the corrupt locals, give the rest of us a bad name. Hopefully this is sufficiently nasty a note for someone to take notice and take action!  Signed but name and address withheld at the writer’s request.

Well, he pulls no punches and I hope that got it off his chest. I am keen to give equal space to a rebuttal from someone in a position of authority there but so far I don’t think they read this site, or care to bother. I doubt they care about the opinion of people like our commentator as his kind don’t waste their money on the SRRV program or hob nob with the upscale locals where it is all liveried servants and air con excess.

I do know representation has been made on behalf of the prisoners to the UN to bring the matter up with Secretary DeLima. I do believe she is genuinely trying to reform the system there and that is a huge task and they are just two of maybe millions caught up in the cesspit of the system. I understand the anger of the commentator and to a degree I agree with some of his points, although I doubt venting them will affect anyone but him and hopefully lower his blood pressure. I doubt the judge cares. If he did he wouldn’t torture them with delays. If he doesn’t then his arrogance is such nothing said here will make a scrap of difference and that is where the frustration begins. I can only imagine how it must be for the prisoners. I know once released I would leave the Philippines and never come back. Funny thing, I asked my Asawa if she wanted to go back soon and she said no, she would rather see our country first. Our country. Home is here, not back there for her now. Of course many foreigners call the Pinas home and never have any problem with the place so if nothing else, this should underline the fact, it is what YOU make it, wherever you are. And stay out of the sights of anyone looking for some easy cash.