Economic 211 reflection post. - to sir James Diagdigan

In the lives of Filipinos, gambling in the a good way is our life getaway. Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office officials during the Arroyo administration clearly violated existing rules on the use of confidential and intelligence funds, Budget Secretary Florencio "Butch" Abad said Tuesday.

In a statement, Abad said it is questionable for the PCSO to have confidential and intelligence funds purportedly for anti-illegal gambling operations.

Understanding corruption is a very broad issue especially here in our country. It is imperative today with the latest administration that corruption practices should be stopped for our country to evolve and grow faster like any other country. This has been our long issue for it affects the country's economic growth and the impression of other nations towards ours.

In relation to the issue, he said the PCSO's P160 million intelligence fund for 2010 was bigger than the combined P157.4-million CIF budget of the Department of National Defense and Armed Forces of the Philippines in the same year.

Former PCSO General Manager Rosario Uriarte earlier admitted dipping into the PCSO’s intelligence funds to pay for blood money of incarcerated overseas Filipino workers, and to cover expenses for relief operations and assistance during calamities.

In my own opinion, any government owned things though it is just a piece of paper, pen etc.. being used for personal use is a sign of graft and corruption. This practiced has been exercised since our government started. It has always been a very transparent act by government officials. We are open to this, in the government itself or even to our selves, they should be the role model that we should look up to. We should be able to know what are the factors why corruption occurs and happens everyday, how it gives us pleasure and satisfaction towards our needs and wants in our daily lives.