This legal info might help at some time in your stay here. My wife is a school teacher in a public school and she just told me if anyone has a problem with any government employee and feel they have been cheated or wronged in any way they can file a lawsuit against them. In doing so that employee can never retire and be paid their retirement benefits until the case has been adjudicated by the ombudsmen or you drop the case against them. That is a pretty powerful tool on our side if we are wrongly treated. I hope it never comes too that for any of us.
It certainly would be, if it got past the first Hurdle "Being a Foreigner" given the fact that we have no rights here whatsoever I wonder just how far and how seriously this complaint would be taken, recently I had a need to complain to the BOI about certain things happening in the Local office only to be told "if you want to stay here you have to do it our way" I can imagine the problems arising from an official Complaint being lodged and Investigated. Smart will not talk to me about my IT problems as I am not the account holder. So. What chance do we have when the majority of Complaints will/may be about our House and Services. A house we don't own. I don't wish to appear negative but I tried to solve problems before and have been met with the 'Foreigner' thing so often. JMHO JP
Jack, We have to go down the road you suggested in an earlier post.....get the young local children, such as yours, to become the voice of change and voice opposition to the current problems in an effort to make change.
Dangerous game to be playing in a third world country. Better hope that government employee doesn't have any friends/family in the BoI if you are a foreigner. (Note: they probably do.)
RB I agree with you totally but........ until that happens ( and I can't Honestly see it in out life time) things will stay as they are, Stagnant I liken this to my Air Force days, as an O/C and certainly once of the twice I was a C/O closing Ranks on certain things was order of the day. Even when SIB ( Special Investigations Bureau) got involved with things that we felt should be in House. You would not be surprised I know, Just How difficult things can be made for investigations given the mood and certainly the Opportunity, which can be engineered to suit. No! to me, these things are best left alone JP
Everything has to be evaluated in "the risk worth the reward" concept view point. I know most of us would like to see life in the Philippines improve for everyone, but most citizens here do not care, as long as they get their next meal on time. When you look behind your back for local support on an issue, you will most likely see no men, and the women will be playing on their tablets or with their children. I know I have to look at things in the perspective of will it improve my life or someone else, or am I just off on an ego trip... which can be a very bumpy rocky road.
