Westerners looking at the way the Philippines is governed start off by being incredulous about the waste, the corruption, the stupidity, the greed, the incompetence, the deceit…. The list goes on and on – I am amazed that the international community has now awarded these beautiful island an ‘investment grade’ status.
Perhaps they did not consult the hundreds of foreign businesses who have lost money there and pulled out, or the hundreds of foreigners who have lost their liberty or their lives there.
Perhaps they did not consult the hundreds of foreign businesses who have lost money there and pulled out, or the hundreds of foreigners who have lost their liberty or their lives there.
Gold ore, and a handful of newly smelted rough pellets of gold - many months salary to this local Filippina Today no one knows how much gold is mined – much of it goes undeclared. It is mostly dug out of the ground by hand, by small family concerns. Commercial foreign mining firms abandoned attempts to work in the Philippines because of local thieves and robbers, and the demands of greedy local and national politicians made their operations both dangerous and unprofitable. According to official Government figures, foreign investment In mining has halved since 2010.
Illegal gold mining in Leyte, Philippines. For many years I have wondered how I, as a foreigner in the Philippines, can help. The only answer I have (and it is a poor one) is to write about the problems – in the hope that someone more powerful will one day do something about it.
My book, Deadly Election, deals with the lack of any real justice, political corruption and the other dangers there; you can find out more about it here –
SEE DEADLY ELECTION. It’s a good and exciting read, as well as opening your eyes about what really goes on there.
I am also in the middle of writing my second book – NINETY PERCENT – it deals specifically with the issues of illegal gold mining and gold smuggling. You can keep up to date with the progress on my book, and on other Philippine issue by registering here –
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I am interested in any and all comments of the Philippines and living and doing business there – I will soon start a blog devoted just to that. Watch this space!
SEE DEADLY ELECTION. It’s a good and exciting read, as well as opening your eyes about what really goes on there.
I am also in the middle of writing my second book – NINETY PERCENT – it deals specifically with the issues of illegal gold mining and gold smuggling. You can keep up to date with the progress on my book, and on other Philippine issue by registering here –
PLEASE ADD ME.
I am interested in any and all comments of the Philippines and living and doing business there – I will soon start a blog devoted just to that. Watch this space!
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