Still ‘highly corrupt’
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Despite the entry of a new administration and its vow to rid the country of corruption, the Philippines remains “highly corrupt,” going by the latest Transparency International Report of 2010, with the ranking compiled from “a combination of polls, drawing on corruption-related data from expert and business surveys carried out by a variety of independent and reputable institutions,” the TI report said.
The TI survey consists of a composite of business surveys conducted between January 2009 and September 2010, where the Noynoy Aquino administration already shares a quarter time of the survey period.
The Philippines retained its rank as among Asia’s most corrupt, landing in 134th place, out of 178 countries ranked.
While the rating of the country showed an improvement from last year’s 139th place, the country was still at the tail-end in Asian countries..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101028com1.html
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