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ITS INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION

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When graft watchdogs are starved, toothless

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | August 11, 2004 - 12:00am

Since 1955 the Philippines has passed close to a dozen laws against corruption. Administrations put up as many antigraft agencies, and all Presidents vowed to clean the bureaucracy. Yet RP today ranks fourth in Transparency...

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