PAY-FOR-SLOT DFA SCAM: Slots for passport appointments finally open

Philippine Star reports, "Department of Foreign Affairs opens passport appointment slots from January 26 to June 30 at 1PM today. As of 1:30 PM, more slots are still available for February, March and June at DFA NCR West. Schedule an appointment here: www.passport.gov.ph."

Previously, CNN reported: Amid outrage over passport appointment schedules, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano denied there is a syndicate in cahoots with its employees. "Kanina may nagtanong about the sindikato, we are not the NBI, nor are we the CIDG, but we're are not stupid. Alam namin if there's fertile ground for sindikato," he said in a media briefing after DFA launched the 10-year validity of passports. [Translation: On the syndicates, we are not the National Bureau of Investigation nor are we the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, but we are not stupid. We'll know if there is a fertile ground for a syndicate to breed.] (DFA denies syndicate, opens more passport appointment slots; By CNN Philippines Staff; Updated 19:12 PM PHT Fri, January 12, 2018)