Are there bases or facts?
2007-03-14 20:12:14 · 14 answers · asked by marco 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
First, the foreign investors are baffled by the our business practices, like fees that are not listed, open bribery=gift, etc..
Second, the fact that everything is cheap in the Philippines. It is a poor country and the standard of living is not very high. Middle class percentage is so low, that almost everyone is working for survival alone. To the poor, working class bribery/gift is a way to increase their income. The rich and in power in the country who commit corruption is a different story.
Third, corruption in countries as poor as Philippines is so obvious. That;s because it has cascading effects down to the basic services/benefits that people expect or should be receiving in order to live. Affluence allows citizens a high standard of living even when corruption is happening. Some nations are able to get away with it by amending their bills and laws and acts. In a way that takes care of what is considered corruption - and is eventually termed some other way.
...Because we TALK about it a lot as a nation. We are so open about our faults and so naive of how we are perceived by other nations. Correct me if I am wrong, but I feel that we are the only people who as a nation admit to corruptions. Other countries and their media have news and stories about alleged corruption - somehow they have "diplomatic" ways of dealing with it. Media plays a big role. -- I don't mean to imply that we should not talk about corruption at all. Ignorance is not a bliss in this case. There should be a way to balance out the image we show to the world.
Self-respect, pride and conscience. It seems that being a "Christian nation" does not mean we, esp. our leaders, developed conscience and self-respect. We maybe depending on religion as the only way for our children to learn these virtues. Religion teaches meekness not pride. Somehow we failed to understand what it really means and how to use it appropriately.
Knowledge or the lack of it in some cases... there was only one time in my adult life when I heard an government-election campaign that involved plans that addresses issues, and not a "promise".
Western influence (the idea of human rights and freedom) made us different from some countries with strict laws and regulations. - again I don't mean to say that we shouldn't uphold human rights, but our laws and guardians of our laws should find the balance between freedom and being in control.
...on the part of the already rich and powerful - greed, the blood is thicker than water thing, the padrino system, i;m observing a trend of "popularity and celebrity status" in politics and government, ignorance on the part of voters, the favor system, and the fact that the people who run the government and the future candidates come from the same "cesspool" (pardon me for using this word)...
2007-03-17 15:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, It's the fact. The headline on the news yesterday as the Republic of the Phils. is the most corrupt economy in Asia is indeed a big slap on the face to our corrupt government leaders.Corruption is always the main problem of the Philippines Government since the Spanish time. It's not something to be proud of & it's really devastating. The main victims are always the poor Filipinos. They are the only one who will suffer more due to this never ending corruption in our government.
Rich people will become richer & poor people will become poorer.
I just hope & pray that those corrupt politicians will be enlightened before it's too late.
2007-03-14 22:34:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The basis and facts are all around you in the Philippines. You can hear it, smell it, see it, taste it and feel it there.
Of course, the Philstar article alluded to by other answerers also provides some additional insight.
Seriously now, some Filipinos who somehow cannot see the corruption that permeates all around them simply do not have an alternate point of reference to draw from. The norm of corrupt practices and policies seem normal to them. In contrast, foreigners come visit and can compare the Philippines with their country's traits.
2007-03-15 17:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by Well 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The president says the perceptions and data were outdated. The church says its a growing area of concern. The common folk just responds with a sigh.
Yesterday (March 14, 2007) headline on a leading local newspaper, The Philippine Star, may shed some light.
2007-03-14 21:23:38 · answer #4 · answered by Pinilakang Tabing 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah, I read it in the newspapers that expats here think seriously about corruption. It could be that there's so much red tape in the country that government officials who strictly follow procedures are thought to soften up when offered some "grease money".
But looking at today's election campaign. What do foreigners think of our electoral candidates who spend hundreds of millions for their campaign propagada when after being elected they are only paid less than 40k a month.
Do they smell corruption after election?
2007-03-15 18:35:32 · answer #5 · answered by junior 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't feel the need to debunk this question, IT IS corrupt. Basis? We are inevitably suffering economically these days. And if you heard about the news like an impeached president due to money laundering and the first gentleman accused of money laundering, it is corruption at the highest level!
2007-03-16 06:27:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. we've not have been given any national protection to any extent further than we've social protection. protection is an illussion. it is absurd to sacrifice authentic freedom for the phantasm of protection- Benjamin Franklin. we've already sacrificed national protection for democracy in Iraq. Now it rather is as much as the firms to be dependable to their base line on the price of the suited interest of our economic equipment. You do have faith in unregulated capitalism, do no longer you?
2016-10-18 10:29:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just that the media has all the freedom to publish, broadcast anything anomalous in the country, so everybody knows what's the real thing. Do you think China has the same freedom, or Vietnam or any other countries in Asia?
2007-03-14 22:26:49 · answer #8 · answered by Makisig 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
simple because they are foreign and they don't know anything about my country except what they are told to believe by the media and some people.
That's what would I do if ask which is the most corrupt country of course i would not tell that my own country is one, i would name other country.
2007-03-15 00:58:08 · answer #9 · answered by von1979 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Phillippines is not the MOST corrupt. I don't know where you got that fact.
There is a lot of corruption going on through out the world in other countries. You have your thinking too focused on the Philippines only.
2007-03-14 20:45:50 · answer #10 · answered by Big P 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋