Best Posts in Thread: NAIA scam, bullet in the bag

A video taken by the stepmother of a 20-year-old American tourist at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport's Terminal 4 screening area last September 17 shows how the "laglag bala" modus is done.

In a report on News TV Live on Saturday, the camp of 20-year-old Lane Michael White said that they will use the video, taken by his stepmother Eloisa Zoleta and shared by the Lawain Law Office to GMA News, as evidence to against the illegla possession of ammunition filed by the airport authorities against him.

The video opened with the shot of airport screening officer Marvin Garcia picking up White's luggage after it passed through the X-ray machine.
- See more at: American tourist to use video of 'laglag bala' modus to prove innocence | News | GMA News Online

These people really are sick in the mind,the government and tourist board are trying to encourage tourism and these scum are destroying it!

 

So if a person doesn't "appreciate" that when they shoot someone in the head they will not be breathing anymore and will never be able to see their family again that means the crime is less and the person should be excused or given a shorter stay in prison? Being stupid or not caring should not get the person off with a lighter sentence.....if anything it should get them a longer one since they will need more time to reflect and "appreciate" what they have done wrong.

 

I understand that.....and they should understand that scamming tourists and throwing them in jail when the tourist refuses to pay their extortion demands will equal to less tourists (and money) coming into the country. However, they can't act like they are completely oblivious to what's right and wrong. They KNOW that corruption is wrong and that there are penalties to for it. They have a morally corrupt society and as long as they continue with this they have some of the lowest tourism numbers in the region. It's their problem to fix and they can't blame anyone but themselves (though they try their hardest to find someone to blame).

 

Have you ever taken the ferry from Manila to Dumaguete? That's 27 hours of pure hell.
Also:
There have been 6,071 people killed in ferry accidents since 1980.

By comparison:
Philippine Airlines has had 9 accidents with 86 passengers being killed in the same time frame.
Cebu Pacific has had 1 accident where there were 104 fatalities.

As crappy as the security is in Manila (and most other airports in the Philippines) are at least it's much safer than a ferry. I know your ferry comment was in jest though.

Seems the US has the opposite problem with airport security....they wouldn't be able to find the bullet even if they put it in there themselves and knew where to look. TSA Chief Out After Agents Fail 95 Percent of Airport Breach Tests - NBC News

 

I think anyone caught placing a bullet in a bag should be immediately taken out back and have that same bullet placed between their eyes at about 1,200 feet/second.

 

This even made the bbc news worldwide! Reckon a few people need to clean up their act ASAP.

• Viral photo shows couple inside airport carrying plastic-wrapped backpacks
• Online community says picture is symbol of corruption and government incompetence
• More than six people have been nabbed for “carrying” bullets in NAIA this week alone

MANILA, Philippines – In any other airport, they would not have elicited much attention.

Given the ongoing uproar over the ‘laglag-bala’ scam being allegedly perpetrated in the country’s main airport however, the picture showing two passengers carrying their backpacks wrapped in plastic inside the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has now arguably come to symbolize corruption and incompetence by the authorities. Symbol of shame: Viral picture shows NAIA passengers with luggage wrapped in plastic | Kicker Daily News