Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle lamented the bureaucratic institutions that had considered bribery as part of “standard operating procedures” as the Filipino transact with them.

According to Tagle, bribery, which has long been perceived as a wrong doing, has gradually become part of the Filipino culture, citing it “a very saddening for it becomes a widespread practice.”

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