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| Photo from Bantay Pinoy FB page |
The controversial order of Bureau of Immigration about the
inspection of balikbayan boxes have been bombarded by OFWs. They believed that
the Costum should not do this because some of their items will be missing. The
netizens also posted their sentiments regarding this issue through social
media. Because of the massive protest, the government retracted this kind of
policy. Before this, an employee of BOC had been controversial because of herrants against the OFW.
According
to Maria Roussel Tan, the OFW has crab mentality; they don’t study first before
they could talk. All they knew is gossip and imitation that’s why they don’t
have progress in the Philippines. She also emphasized that the OFWs are
brainless. It is right for them to stay in abroad because our mother land doesn’t
need them. She also added that they are just love to ask for sympathy and
portraying as a hero. If this is true, they should go to Luneta and be fired!
The
OFWs who had read the post of Maria Roussel Tan were getting mad to her. They
criticized the BOC employee for her irresponsible post. According to them, if
there is a brainless here; it’s not the OFWs, but the BOC who wanted to open the
balikbayan boxes. They are hungry for money because they wanted to get tax from
some of their valuable items. For the OFWs, the balikbayan box is a symbol of
their struggle in abroad that’s why it is sacred. It is for their family and
not for the BOC. They also defended themselves by saying that they are not
brainless as what Tan said. They went abroad because there is lack of opportunity
in the Philippines. OFWs has an advice to Tan, she should go back to school to
learn good manner and right conduct. She became rude to the more than 10 millions of
OFW around the globe.