Three Different Stories With One Common Denominator

Three different stories with one common denominator.  Can you guess what it is?

http://usa.inquirer.net/6725/five-filipinos-alaska-accused-stealing-365k-medicaid

Prosecutors said that the five accused allegedly stole $364,756 by pretending Regino Aldeza suffered from serious disabilities, needing help “in all aspects of life, including eating, locomotion, toileting, meal preparation, basic household chores, basic walking and range of motion exercises, and personal hygiene.” The Department of Health and Social Services approved Aldeza’s brothers to provide round-the-clock care paid for through Medicaid. 

The alleged fraud was exposed on March 18 when an employee of Arctic Care Services, a personal care agency that works with DHSS, recognized Regino Aldeza at the food court of the Dimond Center. Aldeza, who was supposed to be “significantly disabled,” was seen working at a fast food restaurant at the food court.

https://www.rappler.com/nation/181332-filipinos-deportation-united-states-trump-daca-amnesty

Up to 10,000 Filipinos face possible deportation from the United States after President Donald Trump ended an Obama-era amnesty for young immigrants, the Philippines said Wednesday, September 6. 

The amnesty, called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), was meant to protect from deportation 800,000 people brought to the US illegally as minors. 

In a statement on Wednesday, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said, "While we hope for the best in the form of a legislative solution, those affected should likewise prepare for the worst." 

The DFA said it "will assist an estimated 10,000 Filipinos who may end up getting deported as a result of Washington's decision." 

"In any event, we are ready to welcome and assist our kababayans (countrymen) in whatever way we can if they are returned to the Philippines," Cayetano added.

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/09/16/1739626/entire-caloocan-city-police-force-sacked

Last month at the Police Service anniversary, the Caloocan Police received an award as the Best City Police Station. 

Yesterday, the entire city police force was sacked, with only the newly installed chief and his deputy spared, following the killings of teenagers and a break-in and robbery by city policemen. 

National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Director Oscar Albayalde ordered the relief and retraining of the sacked police personnel. 

The order came a day after members of the Caloocan Police Community Precinct 4 raided an elderly woman’s home and reportedly stole money and other valuables in an incident captured on closed circuit television camera. 

Did you guess what the common denominator is? It's Filipinos! Filipinos failing both at home and abroad. The quintessence of Philippinefails.

Why would anyone immigrate to a country and then proceed to rob it by committing fraud and not even covering their tracks? How ungrateful and stupid.

Why would anyone illegally sneak their children into a country not considering the risks for them?  How does a Filipino even sneak his family into the USA? Swimming??

But these people are not just anyone. They are Filipinos. These Filipinos abroad are only taking part in the same kind of corrupt and illegal activities as their counterparts at home. Police raiding an elderly woman's home and robbing her? That's par for the course. With the bloodthirsty and incompetent PNP killing drug suspects left and right and using Facebook rumours as a source of intel it's a wonder they didn't kill the old biddy too. 

What else can be expected from one of the world's most corrupt countries? People learn by example and how you behave at home is how you will behave abroad.

http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/01/25/17/ph-still-among-worlds-most-corrupt-countries-transparency-intl-index

Don't make the mistake of thinking this only applies to the government as if only the government is evil and corrupt and the citizens are all sweet little angels burdened and bewildered by all this corruption. The government isn't a faceless machine. It's comprised of ordinary citizens. That's right. It's not only high ranking elected officials plundering the treasury but also ordinary citizens working in the various bureaucracies who help make the Philippines as corrupt as it is.

Anyone who has ever lent a Filipino money and tried to be reimbursed will tell you just how corrupt ordinary citizens are.