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It is still possible for the Philippines to eradicate corruption, but winning the fight depends on the political will of all stakeholders, including the public, and the strict enforcement of effective strategies.
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So much ado has been made on GMA's "manna" of P1 billion for, again, the fight against graft and corruption, and another P1 billion for wiping out the now dwindling NPA insurgency.


Both promises have now a timetable of two years. One has lost track of similar self-imposed deadlines that passed. And reneged. A broken promise common in many a romantic novel, is an excuse for motherhood avowals among wielders of power ending up unfulfilled.


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                    [Title] => ‘Conviction rate of public officials now higher’
                    [Summary] => Twenty-two out of the 55 civil servants convicted by the Sandiganbayan last year for corruption were ranking officials, the government’s chief consultant against corruption said yesterday.


Tony Kwok, former chief of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption, said the conviction rate in corruption cases involving government officials has drastically improved to 40 percent.


The figures, he said, back up his earlier claim that the Philippines was making headway in its fight against corruption.


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                    [Title] => Letter to the Editor – More on graft and corruption
                    [Summary] => According to PERC survey, the Philippines is the 3rd most corrupt country in Asia. How true or how false the survey is, it has put our country in bad light.



Anti-corruption consultant Tony Kwok blames the media for graft and corruption image of the Philippines, the very thing the people in media readily reputed. 



Why blame media? Who is Mr. Tony Kwok to blame the media?



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                    [Title] => Fighting corruption with a unicameral parliament
                    [Summary] => Some people actually think we may not need to import a media-bashing Tony Kwok, the nemesis of corrupt Hongkong public officials, to fight our own incorrigible grafters. Since there is some consensus that the high cost of national and, for that matter, local elections in the Philippines is the "root cause" of political corruption, the proponents of charter change theorize that a shift to a unicameral parliamentary system may be just what this country needs.


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With the enormity of the corruption problem in the Philippines, it is counterproductive to squabble over assessments of the progress of the anti-graft campaign. Late last year critics of the administration jumped on Hong Kong’s former anti-graft chief, Tony Kwok, for citing gains in the Philippines’ campaign to eradicate corruption.
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                    [Summary] => Hindi kasalanan at hindi dapat isisi ng anti-corruption consultant ng gobyerno na si Tony Kwok ang media sa negatibong perception ng ibang bansa na grabe ang korupsiyon sa Pilipinas.


Sinabi ni Parañaque Rep. Roilo Golez na hindi dapat isisi ni Kwok sa mga mamamahayag kung hindi binibigyan ng pansin ng media ang mga achievements ng gobyerno laban sa korupsiyon.


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                    [Title] => Let's play naive, any takers?
                    [Summary] => Speaking of corruption, Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo once cited P200 billion of public funds lost annually. Being poor in math, I fail to make out the magnitude of such loss. Besides, being used to counting centavos and a few pesos only, seldom in thousands, not in millions, and never in billions, I couldn't follow Marcelo's tracks.


And so, the P20 billion or so for Congress pork barrel annually, or election wastrels of some billions in road users tax funds, motor registration fees, and agricultural funds in the last elections, were just some paltry peanuts to this simple dude.


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                    [Summary] => Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we’re tired of hearing promises that we know they’ll never keep. – Ray Davies, singer/songwriter


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Both promises have now a timetable of two years. One has lost track of similar self-imposed deadlines that passed. And reneged. A broken promise common in many a romantic novel, is an excuse for motherhood avowals among wielders of power ending up unfulfilled.


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Tony Kwok, former chief of Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption, said the conviction rate in corruption cases involving government officials has drastically improved to 40 percent.


The figures, he said, back up his earlier claim that the Philippines was making headway in its fight against corruption.


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Why blame media? Who is Mr. Tony Kwok to blame the media?



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'Political will needed to fight corruption'

October 19, 2009 - 12:00am

It is still possible for the Philippines to eradicate corruption, but winning the fight depends on the political will of all stakeholders, including the public, and the strict enforcement of effective strategie...

Nation

When one plus one equals none

By Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. | July 15, 2006 - 12:00am

So much ado has been made on GMA's "manna" of P1 billion for, again, the fight against graft and corruption, and another P1 billion for wiping out the now dwindling NPA insurgency. Both promises have now...

Freeman Opinion

‘Conviction rate of public officials now higher’

January 19, 2006 - 12:00am

Twenty-two out of the 55 civil servants convicted by the Sandiganbayan last year for corruption were ranking officials, the government’s chief consultant against corruption said yesterday. Tony Kwok, former...

Headlines

Letter to the Editor – More on graft and corruption

January 18, 2006 - 12:00am

According to PERC survey, the Philippines is the 3rd most corrupt country in Asia. How true or how false the survey is, it has put our country in bad light. Anti-corruption consultant Tony Kwok blames the media...

Freeman Opinion

Fighting corruption with a unicameral parliament

By MY VIEWPOINT | By MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. | January 10, 2006 - 12:00am

Some people actually think we may not need to import a media-bashing Tony Kwok, the nemesis of corrupt Hongkong public officials, to fight our own incorrigible grafters. Since there is some consensus that the high...

Opinion

EDITORIAL – Positive developments

January 8, 2006 - 12:00am

With the enormity of the corruption problem in the Philippines, it is counterproductive to squabble over assessments of the progress of the anti-graft campaign. Late last year critics of the administration jumped...

Opinion

‘Wag sisihin ang media

December 23, 2005 - 12:00am

Hindi kasalanan at hindi dapat isisi ng anti-corruption consultant ng gobyerno na si Tony Kwok ang media sa negatibong perception ng ibang bansa na grabe ang korupsiyon sa Pilipinas. Sinabi ni Parañaque Rep....

Bansa

EDITORIAL - Stumbling block

October 14, 2005 - 12:00am

The man who led the cleanup of the bureaucracy in Hong Kong sets three conditions for a successful campaign against corruption. One is political will. Another is an Ombudsman with sufficient resources. The third...

Opinion

Let's play naive, any takers?

By Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. | June 21, 2005 - 12:00am

Speaking of corruption, Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo once cited P200 billion of public funds lost annually. Being poor in math, I fail to make out the magnitude of such loss. Besides, being used to counting centavos...

Freeman Opinion

Can GMA’s anti-graft ‘Jet Li’ win vs. corruption?

By Wilson Lee Flores | May 23, 2005 - 12:00am

Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we’re tired of hearing promises that we know they’ll never keep....

Lifestyle Business

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