Hard Facts about the Philippines - page 8

The following info are what's being discussed in any local neighborhood in the Philippines:
                             
Did you know that?

  • The armed group working in the mountains are more negotiable than government officials (i.e. kickbacks is much higher than extortion) because people up there can be negotiated sometimes while people seated in government offices are non-negotiable.
  • That armed groups also has improved their image from "no-shoes" to "Robertson boys."
  • One of the most lucrative positions in the armed revolutionaries is the work of a collector because its difficult to audit the collected money to verify if ever the bag man get more than beyond his share.
  • It's very hard to lure their leaders to come down and come to the fold of law because their revolution is now sugarcoated with lucrative extortion money.
  • There are strong likelihood that when there is a government program to be implemented, there is a corresponding money that flow into implementers officials pockets.

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