ONE FOR THE ROAD
Just when you thought they couldn’t go any lower, it seems like the passport appointment fixers are back and scalping reservation spots to desperate Filipinos looking to renew their passports. And yes, I know this topic has come up many times over the years, but to do it during a pandemic? That’s a whole new low. As if people aren’t suffering enough as it is. Shame on you, parasites. Shame on you all.
Now just to be fair and crystal clear, this is not a hit on the DFA. This is about those individual garapatas (fleas) that position themselves in between the Filipino and their basic rights so they can extort them for it. This is solely to call the attention of the DFA to let them know that the leeches have found their way through the appointment system and figured out how to monetize it. Again.
So please invest in the proper safeguards, like IP address tracking and blockers, and any technology that eliminates multiple reservations for scalpers. Because as it is, people in NCR have reported traveling as far as Ilocos Norte just to get an earlier appointment, after feeling that the online appointment seems to be operating like a rigged bingo game.
One reader, who wishes to be known only as Roxanne, who applied under a “life and death situation” passport renewal appointment on Sept. 1 said the soonest available date was in 2022. She goes on in her email to explain “So out of desperation, I joined this passport appointment assistance group on Facebook, where...
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