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Palace: Arroyo ready to face graft raps Binay: Won't accept post

TI to NOY: Create body to jail thieves >>> The incoming administration should create an independent commission to go after those who robbed and stole from the country, the cofounder of Transparency International said yesterday.

Contractors seek partnership with govt to fight corruption in infrastructure projects >>> The Philippine construction industry is projecting a 7% growth this year...industry leaders said they would lobby for President-elect Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III to approve a government-industry partnership scheme that would significantly reduce corruption in the administrations infrastructure program.

Binay rebuffs Estrada, won't serve in Aquino Cabinet

ESTRADA TO BINAY: Accept the offer to lead an anticorruption commission...don't be an NPA, a nonperforming asset. Estrada said that as chair of the commission, Binay could go after not just President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo but also other officials suspected of corruption and, in the process, help President-elect Benigno Noynoy Aquino III.

Ombudsman urged: Be fair in probing GMA plunder case

Business challenged to act vs corruption

Contractors seek partnership with government to fight corruption in infrastructure projects

TI on RP: 9 years of stagnation in fighting corruption >>> A freedom of information law could help reduce corruption in government, says Transparency International

United Kingdom's top diplomat to Manila urges incoming Aquino administration to take active measures to improve the business climate by curbing corruption and investing in infrastructure.

MILITANTS VOW TO HOUND ARROYO WITH CASES: Militants are preparing criminal and civil cases against Ms Arroyo for her alleged involvement in the controversial National Broadband Network (NBN) deal with Chinas ZTE Corp...The Arroyo administration has been accused of election fraud, massive corruption and human rights violations. Various groups have also accused Arroyo of trying to prolong her stay in power via revisions in the Constitution.

President Arroyo likely to face plunder case a day after stepping down from presidency >>> Militant groups led by Bayan Muna are planning to file case with the Office of the Ombudsman

BINAY OFFERED POST TO PROBE ARROYO: President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III he asked Vice-President Jejomar Binay to lead a new government office that will institute judicial reform and investigate corruption scandals linked to outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Aquino said Binay's experience as a human rights lawyer under the Marcos regime makes him a perfect fit for the new government body that he will form after June 30.

COMELEC: Most national and local candidates lied in their statements of contribution and expenditures and actually spent more than what is allowed by law in the May 2010 polls.

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ANTI-GRAFT GROUP: Philippines ranks No. 4 in 10 countries in Southeast Asia that flunked in their campaigns to control corruption in government in 2010

BCS: COA AUDIT "UNFAIR" >>> Bureau of Communications Services (BCS), one of the information agencies of the Office of the President,set to protest report of the Commission on Audit (COA), saying its 2009 audit report was "unfair."

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) defends itself against accusations of corruption, particularly involving machine-readable passport (MRP) and electronic passport (ePassport) projects.

Leila de Lima said to be heading Department of Justice, department Aquino considers very crucial in his fight against corruption.

Abalos pleads not guilty, says bribe rap based on speculation

INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT: ...he vowed to address particularly graft and corruption and a ballooning budget deficit..."Of course we know the great amounts of money that our government loses on graft and corruption. Thus, fighting corruption and promoting transparent and accountable governance is our main thrust." Indeed, the fight against corruption has topped Mr. Aquinos agenda as president. Per his TV advertisements during the campaign, the former Tarlac congressman claimed that eradicating corruption would attract foreign investments, and consequently provide more jobs. Addressing once and for all the chronic problem would also free up funds needed for social services and education -- expense items that would benefit the masses...The campaign against corruption, Mr. Aquino said further, would be backed by an "all-out war" against poverty via an economic plan that would "focus on maximizing the productivity and profitability of agriculture, boosting tourism opportunities and reducing the cost of doing business all over the Philippines."

Mary Ann Maslog, the woman who delivered a P3-million bribe in Malacanang 11 years ago in connection with a P200-million textbook contract and was on the run for a string of swindling cases in the Philippines and the United States, has finally been arrested.

After nearly six years, the Department of Justice can now prosecute six thrift bank officials for fraudulently obtaining some P390 million worth of loans from the state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines over a six-year period.

No Safe Havens for Dirty Money

Filipinos still mired in economic woes as Arroyo leaves >>> A third of the nation's 92 million people remain in deep poverty, a figure that has barely changed since she took office in 2001, while corruption has flourished and the rich have mainly enjoyed the benefits of the boom, they say.

Philippines' Arroyo leaves problems in her wake

Neri posts bail, evades arrest >>> Social Security System (SSS) president Romulo Neri posted bail of P30,000 yesterday afternoon after the Sandiganbayan issued an arrest warrant against him. Special Prosecutor Wendell Barreras-Sulit told The STAR they are preparing their comment to Neris motion for judicial determination of probable cause.

Police on Monday filed murder charges against the newly elected vice mayor of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, and his aide in connection with the killing of radio commentator Jovelito Agustin last week. Supt. Bienvenido Rayco, head of Task Force Agustin, said Bacarra Vice Mayor-elect Pacifico Velasco, his aide Leonardo Banaag and two others were also facing attempted murder charges in connection with the strafing of Agustins house on May 7...Velasco has been convicted of graft by the Sandiganbayan. The decision, which has been affirmed by the Court of Appeals, is pending resolution at the Supreme Court.

Enrile: Arroyo did well save for scandals

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Sunday opposed a proposal to form an independent commission that would investigate anomalies and irregularities involving the Arroyo administration but some of his fellow senators thought it was an idea worth pursuing.

Media watchdog IPI presses for end of killers' impunity in RP

Poll official's son abducted by men who seek to annul votes

Philippines in danger of repeating sorry history

US envoy talks about human trafficking with Binay

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OPINION

The most obvious impact of the Arroyo administration, and that of Marcos before her, was in peoples perception of government. It destroyed their faith in it. The reason for that is two-fold: widespread corruption in government and loss of respect for people's rights by the state. These two points were never mentioned in Arroyo's speech but were the ones that shaped the overall perception of her nine-year rule. Of course, unlike in infrastructure projects, figures on the extent of corruption in the government bureaucracy and on human rights abuses are difficult to come by. But in almost all levels of the bureaucracy under Gloria's rule, corruption, massive and petty, was observable.

The public service we demand...we in the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) are offering to help the President-elect in fighting corruption and arresting mounting unemployment through a new and aggressive national jobs plan. We are extremely hopeful that the President-elect will be able to realize the hopes and dreams of our people for a highly improved standard of living through enlightened and unsoiled governance. We are optimistic that the promise of upright and fair governance will draw in the fresh private capital required to provide gainful employment to nearly 10 million Filipinos who are either totally jobless, or still actively looking for extra work just to earn enough to support their families. Unchecked bribery, profiteering and influence-peddling in government have alienated many investors, thus dampening jobs creation in a big way. Noynoy Aquino ran on a powerful platform that attributed widespread poverty to rampant corruption, and promised clean and honest governance as a way out of the misery, and we will help him achieve this.

Judges strive to recover the judiciary's lost luster

How justice is dispensed in the Philippines...it took six years for the special division of the Sandiganbayan to convict former President Joseph Estrada for plunder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment but did not spend a single day at Munlinlupa because he was pardoned by President Arroyo. It also took the Sandiganbayan 12 years to convict Bernardo F. Alcaria, Jr., former mayor of Cagdianao, Surigao del Norte, for pocketing a measly P26,913 of public funds. He was meted a 10-year jail term after the court found that Alcaria failed to liquidate cash advances and overpayments that he drew from the town coffers. If you go over the record of the Commission on Audit in government offices, particularly in Malacanang, there are millions of pesos of unliquidated cash advances and yet the erring officials are still scot-free while this poor mayor of Surigao del Norte is given a 10-year jail sentence for stealing a mere P26,913.

Watchdogs needed to safeguard documents

Corruption in the peace department (1)

Corruption in the peace department (2)

Philippines in danger of repeating sorry history

Special
 
Battling with corruption
 
by ATTY. FRANCIS N. TOLENTINO
Manila Bulletin, June 22, 2010, 4:02pm

We are a week away from the proclamation of the next Philippine President. Indeed, the next Chief Executive is faced with enormous challenges, the greatest perhaps is the challenge of living up to the standards of public service set by his late parents. During his campaign, President elect Noynoy Aquino spoke several times of the lines: “kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap.” As he begins his presidency a week from now, we should all hope and work for genuine bureaucratic reforms geared towards improving the lives of the people.

A few years back, I was fortunate enough to attend a special anti-corruption course at the Rand Graduate School in Sta. Monica, California along with some Philippine city mayors. The Dean of the Rand Graduate School, Professor Robert Klitgaard, has been a frequent visitor to the Philippines, particularly in Davao and Surigao. Professor Klitgaard’s famous formula on corruption might be useful for the next president as he considers his policies to counter this deeply rooted menace.

According to Professor Klitgaard: “Corruption loves multiple and complex regulations with ample and uncheckable official discretion. Corruption tends not to thrive where there is a democratic culture, competition and good system of control, and where people have rights to information and rights to redress.” Professor Klitgaard presents his corruption formula as follows: C = M + D – A, where, Corruption (c) equals Monopoly of Power (M) plus Discretion of Officials (D) minus Accountability.

The significance of Klitgaard’s formula which is now well accepted even by governments in Central America is its focus on systems reform and not merely on the corrupt individual. In other words, instead of simply investigating the unethical acts of an individual and punishing him for these acts, the goal should be to discover measures to change the environment where corruption flourishes.

Without disregarding the importance of our penal laws, Professor Klitgaard's formula would lead us to examine the ways by which we reduce monopoly of power, limit and clarify discretion and increase transparency as well as people participation. Our perennial problem on corruption has had ramifications that will not be easy for the next Chief Executive to curtail. However, a re-examination of anti-corruption practices and policies, or perhaps a re-strengthening of them, might prove useful in our common quest to lessen, if not eradicate corruption in government and in society. The people’s vigilance is similarly important together with government transparency measures. Professor Klitgaard’s formula, and his mantra that “corruption is a crime of calculation, not of passion,” is indeed timely. We should all join hands to win this battle. (E-mail address: myrfnt@yahoo.com)

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/263234/battling-with-corruption

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