“Laglag-bala” Incidents in NAIA is really
alarming, more than thirty incidents (if I am not mistaken) happened since January this year. Among the victims are a domestic helper on her way back to Hongkong, a Japanese National and the identification of the two others I have to find-out. Anyway, whoever they are do not matter that much, what matters are they had all fallen victim to the Modus.
Sad and humiliated that the Philippine Airport – the country’s
forefront unceasingly creating this bad
impression to our own fellow-countrymen and most especially to the foreigners
who will want to visit the country. No wonder if these prospective visitors
will have a change of mind entering the scary airport. A drop to our tourism
industry. I am NOT implying that the air
terminal’s staff has something to do with the anomalies BUT if they would stand
on it, the staff and employees could unite and help prevent such to happen. The setback maybe is brought about by fear of
losing job IF it happened that some high-ranking officials are involved with the actual offenders. These incidents happened only nowadays – this is
believed to be some blackmailing and extorting opportunity for the villains to charge the travelers
so as not to have a record. If I am on the shoes of the pitiful victims, I
would rather pay for under-the-table ‘settlement’ IF
OFFERED than have a derogatory record.
I hope that despite poverty people will refrain from biting
each other just to live. It is indeed not poverty because IF the NAIA employees
are involved – they have been earning fairly good, is it not they are paid good
enough to satisfy their family’s needs? Or just the air of greediness is
evident, that these people, if they are really involved – had wanted much than
they should be getting? They are longing to feast on other people’s sweat and blood? Even an old lady
domestic helper was not spared of the modus.
Imagine, the woman has been working 5 yrs with her employer – caring
children of her bosses, it is not just me who is a fellow Filipino who is
feeling bad about this but those foreign children. Not just that, if the employers will not be
that firm
on believing on their personal knowledge of the poor victim – you have
destroyed a hard-to-earn reputation and trust she has built for years with her employers.
Maybe the airport’s top management team should get serious
in working to combat the bad elements. There may be lapses on the security
system where these crooked individuals take advantage of. Inspection of the employee’s belongings,
meticulously listing all the contents of their bag as well as their money on
the wallet (if I’m not mistaken SM Malls are doing these with their employees
to ensure honesty and integrity), the uniforms are also made without pockets to
avoid theft – the employee’s possessions are inspected too before they could
leave the work premises to make sure nothing was stolen nor they have not
received bribe money etc having their wallet’s content the same. I knew there are metal detectors in the
airport but why is all that possible? Is
there a connivance happening with the security and baggage inspectors?
What so funny is that making us believe that these people
allegedly ‘caught’ with bullets have
passed the airports (that have more intense security measures than we have)
where they originated have not detected the bullets? And the domestic helper I
was telling you (who is even afraid that she may not be accepted again by
employees because her scheduled travel was postponed because of the incident),
Oh my! News of these ‘laglag-bala’ issue were all-over then she would attempt
to bring her share?! What a stupidity the felons had wanted her to appear?! And if we are to think deeply, why only
ammunition were found? No guns, huh?! Because bullets are smaller –can be
easily smuggled and easier to drop to make it look like it was there for long, is it not true?!
Oh my, not only that I was shy about the villains but the
Management of NAIA that shows our proficiency as administrators, forgive for saying that. Philippine
National Police’s (PNP) intervention may be of help if the airport’s security
agency could not handle the situation!
This is a National Issue that should not be left-out because of the busy
air of politics. Or maybe Department of Justice (DOJ) may have something to say
or do with this issue. Let us not ruin the image of the Filipino people with
just this small incident that could really mean BIG. We could not blame FIBA for not choosing the
country as its HOST for the prestigious games – the traffic worries them, the
issue of ‘Balikbayan boxes
meddling’ –the very first controversy
that famed the airport scared them away and now there is no more terrifying
than to be indicted in a foreign land because of a possible ‘frame-up’. Those are the implications that I can say can
be called as ‘collateral damage’.
Is it not the trendy way to earn these days?! Huh! What a
trend?! After the expose of stealing from the ‘Balikbayan boxes’ of our OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) – felons
never lose strategies to ‘earn’ and to pester those who are trying to live
fairly.
Sorry to have been so opinionated and I could not help
spilling my thoughts on this current issue in the country. It is always
heartbreaking to see other people suffer just for the gain of selfish
ones. And I do believe that it is not
yet late to salvage our mud-spattered
name being people of integrity and reliability.
I knew too that the government and the pertinent authorities
could not manage to stay calm and seated watching our economy’s downfall –
tourism industry and income from the OFWs are of great importance to our
economy. Our nation can compete internationally because of the dollars
(universal currency) they contribute to the economy which are believed to be
the primary sources. Before, we are
resolving the tangible problems in the airport itself – the underrated
facilities are somehow improved but the challenge we are facing now, I suppose,
is of bigger merit not just to the economy but to our integrity as Filipinos.
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