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Originally Posted by modusoperandi
It is a blatant violation of their rights as Filipino citizens to travel. You are right that Filipinos allow this to happen without holding the government responsible. The way immigration can bar Filipinos from travel is pretty outrageous. Even mainland China doesn't restrict travel for most of its citizens unless they are on a blacklist.
The Philippines is a police state in many ways.
The security everywhere..the way the govt treats its own citizens..the inequality of outcomes when it comes to the law. It is a very backwards country really and run more like a Latin American junta.
As foreigners we are fortunate to not have to endure much of this bureaucratic tyranny in our daily lives.
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As I said, the locals seem to think it's normal
I have brought up this subject of BI screwing folks who go abroad without paying hefty agency fee, with some filipinos including a senior aide to a senator. they totally miss the leeching point, instead go like "well, laws are laws, one must comply with the laws .. "
BTW, how many of you know about PSA ? (Formerly NSO) ? An agency that prints paper copies of birth certificates, marriage certificates etc, and charges money. Yes, an agency who's only job is printing copies and charging - and of late, since NSO became PSA, the old NSO copies are not accepted. Must get the PSA copies - at 100 plus peso each.
It's always FUN in the Philippines, as long as you watch the locals screw themselves and keep quite