More Philippines Judicial Corruption

[Mike S]

You employed the rotund gentleman in good faith to organise your nuptials since he was "on the ground" and offered his expertise. You simply paid his fee and assumed everything was in order and completely legitimate. If anyone should be culpable, it's that fugitive from justice - a marque he has earned more recently, I should add!

 

 

:AddEmoticons04230: :AddEmoticons04230: :AddEmoticons04230: :hystery: :hystery:  ...... thank you sir ... you just made my day :tiphat: :cheersty:

[Thomas]

Arguably neither you nor your wife should be held accountable. You employed the rotund gentleman in good faith to organise your nuptials since he was "on the ground" and offered his expertise. You simply paid his fee and assumed everything was in order and completely legitimate. If anyone should be culpable, it's that fugitive from justice - a marque he has earned more recently, I should add!

Yes, I suppouse IF pay FEE,

but isn't it criminal to PAY BRIBE in Phili?

 

If it's criminal to pay bribe, what's the punishment if a SMALL case go to court?

 

(In Sweden both payer and reciever are criminal, but I have no idea of proportions in punishment between them.)

[Mike S]

but isn't it criminal to PAY BRIBE in Phili?

 

"A bribe" ..... Here it is called an appreciation gift for services either performed or NOT performed ..... :mocking: :mocking: :mocking: :hystery: :cheersty:

[Markham]

Arguably neither you nor your wife should be held accountable. You employed the rotund gentleman in good faith to organise your nuptials since he was "on the ground" and offered his expertise. You simply paid his fee and assumed everything was in order and completely legitimate. If anyone should be culpable, it's that fugitive from justice - a marque he has earned more recently, I should add!

Yes, I suppouse IF pay FEE,

but isn't it criminal to PAY BRIBE in Phili?

 

If it's criminal to pay bribe, what's the punishment if a SMALL case go to court?

 

(In Sweden both payer and reciever are criminal, but I have no idea of proportions in punishment between them.)

But His Jollyness did not pay a bribe. He bought-in to the services advertised and provided by a company doing business in Cebu and he did so in good faith. The fact that that company's owner - the aforesaid rotund gentleman - almost certainly did bribe officials would not be known by His Jollyness: all he would have been concerned about was getting married on a particular day, bearing in mind his stay in Cebu was rather short.

Edited April 17, 2013 by Markham

[Bruce]

all he would have been concerned about was getting married on a particular day, bearing in mind his stay in Cebu was rather short.

 

Well, what about the massive quanities of beer he consumed prior to the nuptials? Is that a defence under Pinoy law? :cheers:  :e3358:  :emostrongbow: You know... just ax'in,  :hystery:

[Jollygoodfellow]

 

Arguably neither you nor your wife should be held accountable. You employed the rotund gentleman in good faith to organise your nuptials since he was "on the ground" and offered his expertise. You simply paid his fee and assumed everything was in order and completely legitimate. If anyone should be culpable, it's that fugitive from justice - a marque he has earned more recently, I should add!

Yes, I suppouse IF pay FEE,

but isn't it criminal to PAY BRIBE in Phili?

 

If it's criminal to pay bribe, what's the punishment if a SMALL case go to court?

 

(In Sweden both payer and reciever are criminal, but I have no idea of proportions in punishment between them.)

But His Jollyness did not pay a bribe. He bought-in to the services advertised and provided by a company doing business in Cebu and he did so in good faith. The fact that that company's owner - the aforesaid rotund gentleman - almost certainly did bribe officials would not be known by His Jollyness: all he would have been concerned about was getting married on a particular day, bearing in mind his stay in Cebu was rather short.

 

 

Thats exactly right as at the time I thought since we were getting married in a courtroom then all is done as it should be. When my wife tried to get the marriage certificate they would say there was none for our name but it came through a bit later and thats when I realized the dates were different than the real day before the judge.

[Thomas]

 

Arguably neither you nor your wife should be held accountable. You employed the rotund gentleman in good faith to organise your nuptials since he was "on the ground" and offered his expertise. You simply paid his fee and assumed everything was in order and completely legitimate. If anyone should be culpable, it's that fugitive from justice - a marque he has earned more recently, I should add!

Yes, I suppouse IF pay FEE,

but isn't it criminal to PAY BRIBE in Phili?

 

If it's criminal to pay bribe, what's the punishment if a SMALL case go to court?

 

(In Sweden both payer and reciever are criminal, but I have no idea of proportions in punishment between them.)

But His Jollyness did not pay a bribe. He bought-in to the services advertised and provided by a company doing business in Cebu and he did so in good faith. The fact that that company's owner - the aforesaid rotund gentleman - almost certainly did bribe officials would not be known by His Jollyness: all he would have been concerned about was getting married on a particular day, bearing in mind his stay in Cebu was rather short.

Yes. But this is the Philippines, and several have told it's common they twist "everything" to be the foreigner's fault. (Perhaps "Supporting/Promoting bribing"...  :)

 

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Interesting in any case what's the punnishment if a foreigner is punnished in court for SMALL bribing?

And is the "speed fees" seen as a bribe or not in Phili LAW point of view?