No, not all of them only the one's that a lot ex-pats seem to find or is it that they find them. There are certainly more honest Filipino's than dishonest about the same ratio I expect of percentage that of ex-pats or fellow countrymen back home.
The problem here is the Filipino bubble and when you marry you marry the family as well, its the nature of what is expected from the richest members of that familly its in built within the culture and the mother instals the need by indoctrinating while her children are young that they are to look after the older members of the family. The black sheep are those that do not want to work but live off the other members of the family.
The older sister knows she has to guide or look after her family if her mother dies. No they certainly not all liars or dishonest. In fact your find much less of that if you go into the hills and proviences. Dishonesty and lying is more with in the cities and urbanised districts. Its a fact that foriegners are a great attraction to those that want to earn money by deceit. I remember that UK tourist in UK had the same problem and people conned them within the tourist areas of London. Its a problem your find all over the world and thats why one needs to get street wise quickly.  |