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                    [Title] => Ombudsman asks critics to be fair
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Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez called on her critics to help her fight graft and corruption instead of throwing accusations against her.

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WASHINGTON – The US Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) said it will not provide economic assistance to the Philippines until it curbs corruption, and urged the government to intensify efforts to fight this evil.

The Philippines had hoped to be elevated to MCC compact status this year to be eligible for large-scale grant funding under the US government’s innovative foreign assistance program, but a continuing drop in its “control of corruption” scorecard doomed it to failure.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez called on her critics to help her fight graft and corruption instead of throwing accusations against her.

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WASHINGTON – The US Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) said it will not provide economic assistance to the Philippines until it curbs corruption, and urged the government to intensify efforts to fight this evil.

The Philippines had hoped to be elevated to MCC compact status this year to be eligible for large-scale grant funding under the US government’s innovative foreign assistance program, but a continuing drop in its “control of corruption” scorecard doomed it to failure.

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