they get alot of money by making you buy copies of documents instead of messaging departments to verify information or simply checking in their databases...
that's partly how they pay for the bureaucracy
the domestic abuse and trafficking happen most INSIDE the philippines, and they don't make much of any effort to stop the rampant prostitution in the country, with Duterte hanging with prostitutes on the campaign trail and saying it's not a priority to stop it...
also, they pimp out the entire population to the WEF and WHO
it's about systems of control and building up the strength to force things on the people, COVID should be an eye opener about allowing government to have too much power and using it to prevent a threat to power systems at the top
it's about making you respect the big daddy pimp hand at the top, not keeping you safe