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As the fourth National Theater Festival (NTF) opened — now ongoing at the CCP until Nov. 18 — there was obvious optimism in the air, as well as hope that finally cooperation and maturity would rule the event.

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The country is rich with images of corrupt public figures, from the buwayas in Congress to pot-bellied kotong cops on our mean streets to lowly-paid government bureaucrats with posh mansions and luxury cars.

Will these images be ever erased from the national narrative?
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Will these images be ever erased from the national narrative?
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