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Quote from: Maslate on September 06, 2025, 02:50:07 PM

Question is, how can gov officials gamble that big when their salary won’t even cover a fraction of it? Corruption? Loans? What do you think?

It's clearly because of corruption, and I wouldn't be surprised if their money is connected to the flood control corruption scandal that is currently a very hot topic in the Philippines. Their supposed salary was mentioned in the article too, it is clear that the money they used to gamble didn't come from their income as an engineer.

here's the bracket of salary grade. https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Staffing/STAFFING2023/Table-II-Staffing-Summary.pdf

As you can see, even the highest salary is only around $10k a month- that’s probably the president’s salary. So where are these people getting the money for gambling? The fact that it’s being spent in casinos just shows they’re not doing it for entertainment.

What a shame for the government, knowing this money is coming from somewhere else.

Thanks for the salary grade list. Looking at it, even with the president's salary, they wouldn't be able to gamble that amount of money. I just hope they get the punishment that they deserve, but knowing how our government in the Philippines work, they would most likely just get a slap on the wrist or worse, they fly out of the country(some people who were involved in the recent corruption scandal are already out of the country)