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Korina Sanchez reacts after BIR officials nabbed for extortion

Netizen: "The corruption in the Philippines is truly terrible."
by Arniel C. Serato
Published Oct 2, 2025
Korina Sanchez, netizens slam BIR officials over bribery case
Korina Sanchez (left), fellow celebrities, and netizens react to the arrest of two Bureau of Internal Revenue officials by the National Bureau of Investigation (right) for allegedly extorting money from a business owner in Taguig.
PHOTO/S: Instagram / National Bureau of Investigation on Facebook

Naniniwala ang beteranang broadcaster na si Korina Sanchez na marami pang tiwaling opisyal ng Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) na hindi pa nailalantad sa publiko.

Sinabi ito ni Korina kasunod ng balitang may dalawang opisyal ng BIR sa Taguig City na nahuling nangikil ng PHP600,000 mula sa isang negosyante.

Ibinahagi ng @peso.weekly sa Instagram ang balitang ito.

Nakasaad dito: "Two BIR officials in Taguig were caught in an NBI sting after allegedly slashing a P36M tax bill down to P800K, pocketing P600K for themselves inside the bureau’s own office.

"Catching them is good, but let’s not kid ourselves: this is just one case that got exposed. How many more scams happen every day that never make the news?"

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Inilabas din sa media ang dalawang opisyal ng BIR na nasakote sa pamamagitan ng isang presscon ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) kahapon, October 1, 2025.

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Hindi pinangalanan ang dalawang akusado.

Pero mula raw sa PHP36M na napag-usapan, bumaba ito sa PHP800K, kung saan PHP200K lang ang bibigyan ng resibo at ang PHP600K ay mapupunta sa bulsa ng BIR officials.

Bahagi pa ng balitang inilabas ng NBI: "The complainant alleged that Subjects offered to fix the company’s tax obligations by further reducing the assessment to Php 800,000.00. They proposed that only Php 200,000.00 would be covered by an official receipt, and the remaining Php 600,000.00 was to be placed in a separate envelope and delivered to the Subjects at their office in Taguig City on September 29, 2025."

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KORINA SANCHEZ, CELEBS SLAM BIR OFFICERS FOR CORRUPTION

Isa sa unang nagkomento sa post ay si Korina.

Ayon sa broadcaster, matagal na ang akusasyong korapsyon sa BIR pero bakit hindi raw iniimbestigahan ng mga totoong mga dyornalista?

Parang nabigo rin daw ang mga mamamahayag na makita kung bakit ang yayaman ng contractors, officials ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), at mga pulitikong nagpakasasa sa pondo ng gobyerno na may kaugnayan sa flood control projects scandal.

Komento ni Korina: "True. The BIR has long been known to be a center of corruption. But do the journalists investigate?

"The 'purist super journalists' are super quick to point a finger at other journos 'who fail to investigate and follow through'.

"The way mostly all contractors are very wealthy all journos have therefore 'failed' to have xray vision and discover all the invisible trails of illegal money transactions between wealthy contractors, wealthy DPWH engineers and the wealthy politicians all these years.

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NOOD KA MUNA!

"The way all sports journos in the world 'failed' to investigate and discover Lance Armstrong had been shooting up steroids for so long.

"The way everyone 'failed' to discover Pastor Quiboloy was a sex offender."

Korina, netizens, celebs on BIR officials nabbed for bribery

Sabi naman ng beauty queen na si Emmanuel Vera, "FINALLY we’re getting to the BIR!"

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Korina, netizens, celebs on BIR officials nabbed for bribery

"TAX BREAK!!!!!" naman ang sigaw ni Arra San Agustin.

Korina, netizens, celebs on BIR officials nabbed for bribery
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Hindi naman daw ito katanggap-tanggap, ayon kay Eric Tai...

Korina, netizens, celebs on BIR officials nabbed for bribery

.... at Ashley Ortega.

Korina, netizens, celebs on BIR officials nabbed for bribery
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NETIZENS REACT

Hindi rin nagpahuli ang netizens sa pagbatikos sa mga maling gawain ng mga tagakolekta ng buwis.

Sabi ng isa: "The corruption in the Philippines is truly terrible. Every agency is corrupt! As a small business owner who faithfully pays taxes, this is unacceptable!!!!
Wala ng HIYA AT KONSENSYA!! pinapakain nyo sa pamilya at mga anak nyo, galing sa NAKAW!!!"

Ilang maliliit na negosyante naman daw ang naapektuhan sa nasabing gawain ng BIR.

Ayon sa isa: "HINA HARASS NILA ANG SMALL BUSINESSES BY BLOATING THE ASSESSMENTS. SINSADYA NILA. LAHAT SILA GANYAN"

Dagdag ng isa pa: "two weeks into the business after working in corporate for so long, may LOA ako agad. Ibang klaseng kagarapalan ng mukha ng taga BIR."

Kaya nakapanlulumo raw na lahat tayo ay obligado pa ring magbayad ng buwis kahit may mga ganitong balita ng pangingikil at korapsyon.

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Sabi ng netizen: "I dont mind paying taxes because that's how we fund our country, but reports like this remind me why I don't want to to pay them"

Korina, netizens, celebs on BIR officials nabbed for bribery

Narito pa ang ilang komento ng netizens:

Korina, netizens, celebs on BIR officials nabbed for bribery
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Korina, netizens, celebs on BIR officials nabbed for bribery

Sa ngayon, isinasagawa ang kabi-kabilang imbestigasyon at pagsasampa ng reklamo sa mga umano'y nakinabang sa kickbacks mula sa flood control projects scam.

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Korina Sanchez (left), fellow celebrities, and netizens react to the arrest of two Bureau of Internal Revenue officials by the National Bureau of Investigation (right) for allegedly extorting money from a business owner in Taguig.
PHOTO/S: Instagram / National Bureau of Investigation on Facebook
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