It’s more dangerous–not fun–in PH, says anticrime group
By Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer
January 9, 2012

 The Aquino administration should adopt a stronger peace and order drive this year, especially if it aims to attract more tourists, an anticrime group said Sunday.

The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), in its yearend report, described the crime situation in 2011 as “disturbing,” saying that media reports the last six months showed that the crime rate had “reached such proportion that crime syndicates were no longer afraid of the laws of the land and had a field day sowing violence.”

“The killings all over the Philippines is a clear indication that the government does not have an effective peace and order agenda. The Department of Tourism’s latest travel slogan ‘It’s more fun in the Philippines’ should read ‘It’s more dangerous to be in the Philippines,’” said Dante Jimenez, VACC president and founding chairman.

The VACC said that from July to December 2011, more than 1,300 crime incidents were reported—an average of 217 a month or 55 per week.

Among the “alarming developments” identified by the group were the unchecked murders of journalists that earned for the Philippines the dubious tag as one of the world’s most dangerous places for the media; the “unabated” incidents of kidnap-for-ransom targeting even foreign nationals; and the rising number of assassinations by suspected guns-for-hire targeting political figures and other prominent personalities.

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