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                    [Title] => Taking a punch against corruption
                    [Summary] => According to TI, the "scale of the problem can be vast as corruption takes many forms, ranging from vote buying and the use of illicit funds to the sale of appointments and the abuse of state resources."


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?
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1288953 [AuthorName] => Eden E. Estopace [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) ) )
BUDGET SECRETARY EMILIA BONCODIN AND CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONER KARINA DAVID
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                    [ArticleID] => 258123
                    [Title] => Taking a punch against corruption
                    [Summary] => According to TI, the "scale of the problem can be vast as corruption takes many forms, ranging from vote buying and the use of illicit funds to the sale of appointments and the abuse of state resources."


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?
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1288953 [AuthorName] => Eden E. Estopace [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) ) )
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