Corruption rules
By Rey Gamboa | May 27, 2006 - 12:00am
Our neighbors in the region are still way ahead of the game. The Chinese, for one, still rule in the export game, seeing how cheap labor still spells the marked difference in end prices of commodities. There is now...
Business
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The secret plan to dump more buses into EDSA

By BY THE WAY | By Max V. Soliven | March 30, 2006 - 12:00am
Everybody knows that when agency heads are summoned to appear at Congressional Budget hearings they come "prepared" with rosy statistics about their supposed accomplishments and what they intend to accomplish....
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Enron-like corporate scams in local firms?
By Boo Chanco | March 15, 2006 - 12:00am
Finally, the two top officials of Enron are now undergoing trial in Houston for corporate fraud that led to the failure of Enron, a Wall Street favorite for a long time. The details of the sophisticated financial...
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Cleaning up our act
By Rod Nepomuceno | January 23, 2006 - 12:00am
SINGAPORE – I can’t help it. Every time I visit this quaint city-state, I always say to myself, "Dang, what a nice, clean city!" I wonder why we can’t be as clean. Then I get distracted by...
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What’s cookin’ in New York?

April 3, 2005 - 12:00am
All over the US, the news about Terri Schiavo had everyone riveted, but even now that she had died, the family is still embroiled in a legal battle. It seems that the saga of litigation will outlive even her death....
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Banks to share losses for bankruptcies?
By Boo Chanco | August 13, 2004 - 12:00am
Up until Enron, the big international banks had nothing to lose. They don’t have to do careful due diligence before granting large loans because by the time a large client goes under, they had already collected...
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SEC steps up effort to upgrade financial reporting of listed firms
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | August 9, 2004 - 12:00am
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is stepping up efforts to upgrade the standards of financial reporting and disclosure of listed companies and other firms with secondary license to make sure that accurate...
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CPAs urged to adhere to high ethical standards
By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | July 25, 2004 - 12:00am
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called on the accounting profession to establish and maintain a culture of honesty and high ethics to restore public confidence in the corporate sector.
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Corruption isn’t exclusive to the gov’t
By Bobit S. Avila | July 23, 2004 - 12:00am
A lot of people believe that the reason why the Philippines is a poor country is due to our overpopulation. While there’s some truth in that, I strongly believe that poverty is the direct result of government’s...
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COA warns GSIS of Enron-like collapse
By Des Ferriols | October 6, 2003 - 12:00am
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) sank deeper into controversy as the Commission on Audit (COA) reported that the state-controlled fund has been breaching its minimum reserve requirement for 12 years...
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