Only in the Philippines?

You know the quip we Filipinos always like to use when we see something interesting or irritating about our country or a fellow Filipino?  "Only in the Philippines!"  This was the first thing that came to my mind as I was reading this article on the NYT.   

Although this article does nothing to change the fact that our government is still heavily corruption-ridden, I'm happy to note that, certainly, it isn't "only in the Philippines."