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09/22/2010
The jueteng controversy remains a hot topic, with yet unnamed officials becoming the target of suspicion for protecting the illegal gambling in the country — one of the biggest sources of corruption in the Philippines.
Yet it is equally true that other illegal trades thrive in the country because they receive the same kind of protection — a complicated web of deceit that involves members of
the police, the judiciary and other officials of the land.
A television feature just the other night showed this decaying old cinema somewhere in Quezon City that showed X-rated films to audiences that also took part in prostitution. As recorded in a hidden camera, homosexuals engaged in lascivious acts in this cinema, and propositioned men who went in to “watch” the movie. Because of a complaint filed with the authorities, and with the participation of said
TV show, the cinema was investigated by city officials and found to be a fire hazard, with blocked fire exits and flammable structures, not to mention the vileness, literally and figuratively, found inside the theater. Seats had fallen apart, cushions were rotting and torn, the floors were filthy and the toilets dirty, ill-equipped and lacking in water sources. One wondered why people even bothered to come in and spend good money on that sorry excuse for a movie theater, but of course the answer was right there, like the scum on its walls and floors.....
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Source: The Daily Tribune
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