Securing the Gates: Weighing the ₱250 Border Fee Against the Multi-Billion Peso Toll of Transnational Crime
There is a debate over the Bureau of Immigration’s (BI) proposed Civil Aviation and Immigration Security Services (CAISS) project which highlights a classic economic dilemma: who should foot the bill for public security? As BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado recently clarified during Senate budget deliberations, the ₱10.74-billion project is still under review. If approved, the…