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So pervasive was graft, the World Bank reported last year, that the Philippine government lost $48 billion over the last 20 years due to corruption, exceeding the country’s entire foreign debt of $40.6 billion during that period.


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COA finds undue haste, other red flags in Makati parking building

By Louis Bacani | October 2, 2014 - 3:46pm

The Commission on Audit (COA) revealed to the Senate on Thursday that if found several red flags in the construction of the...

Headlines

PNOC-EC seeks lifting of EO requiring bidding for exploration activities

By Iris Gonzales | August 3, 2013 - 12:00am

PNOC-Exploration Corp., the oil and gas unit of state-owned Philippine National Oil Co., wants the government to lift an executive order requiring it to hold a bidding when tapping partners for its exploration ventures,...

Business

Ombudsman, naglustay ng pondo noong 2010 - COA

By Ni Angie dela Cruz | October 13, 2011 - 12:00am

Naglustay ng mala­king halaga ng pondo ang tanggapan ng Ombudsman  noong nagdaang taong 2010.

Bansa

PNP naloko, biniling choppers segunda mano

By Joy Cantos | July 7, 2011 - 12:00am

Kinumpirma kahapon ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang alegasyon ni Senador Panfilo “Ping” Lacson na hindi na bago kundi segunda mano pala at overprice pa ang dalawa sa tatlong chopper na kanilang...

Bansa

Furniture firms want changes in procurement law

September 27, 2009 - 12:00am

Contractors of school furniture for the Department of Education want amendments to the Procurement Reform Act which they believe is being used by some school officials involved in graft and corruption.

Cebu News

Prevention

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | March 12, 2005 - 12:00am

There were no surprises in the freshly released results of a region-wide perception survey on corruption incidence undertaken by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC). The Philippines ranked with the...

Opinion

RP losing billions to corruption — Angara

November 29, 2002 - 12:00am

For every peso spent on infrastructure projects and the procurement of goods and services, between 20-50 centavos is lost to corruption. So pervasive was graft, the World Bank reported last year, that the Philippine...

Business