"Palakasan and suhol" in Government Agencies

hi LK, Ouch you hit me there I admit I do this kind of suhol or palakasan system I hate long lines if I can pay for it why not. miss yah

That's happen in the philippines secreting about it and they thought can't reveal and they do it for money! Wow,this is another evil deeds behind, i think there is government connection who allow that to do it.. This should not be allowed,and be caught up those people who doing this!Shame...

i think there are efforts to get rid of these "palakasan" and "suhol" in the government agencies. there are posters saying "anti-fixers" campaign inside and outside the offices of these agencies. i think the government is slowly addressing these problems. although there are things that have to be done, slowly we can see improvements and efficiency in the work of the government agencies.

Me too, wanted that to an end! I had an experience in "suhol" too, getting a non-pro driver's license in LTO. That was 4 years ago. It's really a bad day to me then. I wanted to get it the right way but they just fooled me! They tend to ignore my application... it's just, they are skipping my turn as my fellow there getting their license too were all finished and I'm still there waiting. The fact that I'm the first in line. Then, someone approached me and asked for a brive money from me. They told me, I should pay for my application to get finished! Grrrr... their office will soon close and I'm there since morning... They want 2K from me. I gave them! I just got my leave that day and I treasure my time so precious that I won't like to be coming back in that gross department. I leave the place with so much dismay! And until now, I used to watched news exposing that rotten, corrupt, style of them still happening! We Filipinos are really thirsty for major, major changes in our system! I wished it happened soon...

I don't employ fixers, I fix things my self and I think it's our right to demand good service from government especially if we are tax payers, well system in our city is quite good and efficient but I think in the Philippines, it's really an advantage if you know somebody from an office personally without necessarily resorting to "suhol" or bribe

Well this thing wont stop until there were people who were patronizing this illegal fixers. As long as there were people who is willing to pay for them to have a hassle free transactions, those who don't want to be in a long lane for long hrs and instead chooses to pay fixers for their processing. IF we really wanted this to stop, we should start it with our self it is our big contribution to the government by fully following the system and not patronizing those fixers.

these two are not really new. i can also recall how my father was always the name to tell when someone from the neighborhood had to go to the capitol so settle some of their problems. i am even a product of the "palakasan" system. when my auntie had nearly in her retirement year, she told me to approach the regional prosecutor, which then looked for the position i am holding right now. but not all things done with influence and bribes are bad. connections with the government are not always bad. so as grease money, could not be bad all the time. read this: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-grease-money.htm moreover, not all in the government service is corrupt. and you can count me in with that.

the things you mentioned are not limited to the public sector, they are as common in the private sector it's just that people deal with public offices more often and most of the time people are put in situation to ask for favor especially if there's time constraint and that is the breeding ground for corruption. Although we can put most of the blame on those employees, part of the blame goes to the very people who patronizes these acts as well. It's bad if you're caught but in reality people feel good if they can get ahead of the line, get things done ahead of time due to their connections, feel guilty maybe, but then again that's the reality.

The illegal cycle only ends when we as a people will stop tolerating these evil and say enough is enough. Stop giving bribes. Instead, we should report these scums who are getting paid with our tax money yet shamelessly uses their positions to extort and steal money from hardworking Filipinos.

Of course, it's hateful, but nobody wants to change the system, especially the people in the system becuase they benefit from all the 'suhol' and the 'tips'. I'm not generalizing all governemnt employees but somebody does walk home with a little more in their pockets (and with a whopping Christmas bonus this year). I am not a regular at the city hall or other government agencies but I heard enough stories to make my hair curl (and mine's straight) So far, I heard complaints of missing paperwork, new documents or documents with payment that were free before. Others complain of high payment fees or 'high speed transaction fees' - pay a little more for a little faster processing - that don't deliver. My tita is like your mother - she also has friends in the city hall. And there have been too many times when she asked for favors since the system takes too long to process. I wonder if the governemnt even have quality control like the private companies do. I would like to think that each person benefits from the payments and all the money crap. But that's wishing thinking. I guess when dealing with a governemnt and all its agencies, corruption has a consistent factor and presence.

yes i hate it but also my parents do it because the line in the government agencies like sss, gsis, embassy, philhealth, NBI, LTO, LTFRB, and also the longest line is DFA and other agencies that we need to have a clearance is so long, and i think and its a fact that in terms of standing in the line with so many people and not fully ventilated area you will have a headache because of that, so other people will go to the fixers so they will not stay on the overheated surrounding line of hell and have a merienda in the carinderia with electric fan because the fixer will do the rest but you must give a certain amount of money for their efforts but a lot of fixers will not help you some of them are bogus they will only get your money then run and you will realize that if you do the process legally you will finish it and you will proud of yourself, but many Filipinos are using and have talked to the fixer for fast transaction they talked the fixer every now and then that is so disappointing.

LETRANKNIGHT25 nice one sir! i think you are Filipino like me :) haha Many people here in Philippines are the ones who made "PALAKASAN"!! if you are applicant and try to apply in different companies here in this country and one of your relative are in that company, and BINGO! you are in in that company!! God people always do it here in this country!! i hate those people who made PALAKASAN!!!! and the thing is when it comes to SUHOL jeez!!! they are rushing there valid ID's and paying for fixers to get the ID's in a day or in 5hours! God !!!!!