IiPhilippines namhlanje zibhengeze ukuvalwa kokufakelwa kwezintso okubandakanya abaguli baphesheya kweelwandle ngeenzame zokuphelisa urhwebo lwamalungu amdaka, oluthatha abona bantu basesichengeni nabangathathi ntweni.
Urhwebo oluchumayo “lokhenketho lokutshintshelwa kwezinye iindawo” lwenze ukuba iiPhilippines ibe yenye yezona ndawo zinexabiso eliphantsi kubaguli abazizityebi abavela kwamanye amazwe abafuna ukuthenga izintso ezintsha.
Kodwa amaqela emigulukudu yabarhwebi bemizimba ahlala ehenda abantu bakwiiPhilippines abahluphekayo ukuba bancame enye yezintso zabo - ngokungaguquguqukiyo ngexabiso elincinci - njengoko abarhwebi babefumana inzuzo kwiintengiso.
“Bayonwabela intlupheko yethu,” utshilo uFrancisco Duque, unobhala wezempilo wasePhilippine, njengoko wayetyhila imithetho emitsha ethintela abanikeli abaphilayo ukuba banike amalungu angezozalamane. “Ukuthengisa ngamalungu omzimba kabani kugwetywa yaye akufanelekanga. Kufuneka siyiyeke.”
Ukuthengiswa kwamalungu akukho mthethweni kwiiPhilippines. Kodwa kuyo yonke le minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, uninzi lwezigulana ezingama-500 zakwamanye amazwe, kubandakanya neBritons, zafumana uqhaqho-fakelo lwezintso, uninzi lwazo zivela kubantu abangezozalamane.
IiPhilippines ziye zaba yindawo yokufakelwa “i-hotspot” emva kokuba i-China nePakistan, phakathi kweyona mithombo mikhulu yehlabathi yezintso ezinikelwe, zathatha amanyathelo anzima okuthintela ukuthengiswa kwamalungu.
Ityala kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, xa amapolisa agqogqa indlu ekhuselekileyo eMontalban, kufutshane neManila, abonisa ubungakanani bengxaki.
Amadoda asithoba alukuhlwa ngokuthenjiswa imisebenzi. Kodwa iqela lemigulukudu libanyanzele ukuba babe ngabaxhasi, lithembisa nje i-£1,450 yezintso. Xa amapolisa ewafumene, amabini sele elahlekelwe yintso ngelixa umthengisi, owayezimisele ukuthengisa ilungu ngalinye nge-£ 2,400, wayesafuna abamkeli bangaphandle kwabanye.
Izigulana ezityebileyo zakwamanye amazwe zifuna intlawulo entsha yezintso ukuya kuthi ga kwi-£24,000 yoqhaqho lofakelo olwenziwa nakweyiphi na indawo yezonyango yabucala engama-20 kwiiPhilippines.
Le ngxaki imbi kakhulu kangangokuba kulo nyaka uphelileyo ikhulu elinethoba labahlali abangathathi ntweni kwiilokishi ezintathu nje ezikufuphi neManila bathengise izintso kwizigulana zaphesheya kweelwandle.
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