Amid reports of police officers serving as private bodyguards, the Philippine National Police has announced a recall of all PNP members assigned as security escorts of VIPs.
The public, however, has heard similar orders in the past. Whether the order will be enforced this time remains to be seen.
Claims of threats to personal safety, however, can be and has been exaggerated. Too many cops are assigned as the personal bodyguards of government officials including councilors and barangay captains, wealthy or influential private individuals, and anyone who can pay for special police protection including – as recent developments have shown – Chinese employees of Philippine offshore gaming operator firms.
Big props to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Eli Remolona Jr. for the way the BSP has been handling the ghost employee scandal that has rocked the country’s chief monetary institution.Both the United States and China share the same ambition to remake the world, except that they have different images of what the world should be like.
Since the corruption scandal erupted over the sweetheart deal awarded to Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp., people have wondered how high up accountability would go.
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