This is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Audit (COA) has scrapped the pre-auditing of all government transactions in an eff
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Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines—Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has asked the Sandiganbayan to hold off further action on the plea b
Read MoreThis is an article repost. THE BUREAU of Customs (BoC) expects to fully implement the National Single Window (NSW) next quarter, as a Cabinet officia
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Read MoreRegional News This is an article repost. Recently Prof. Robert Klitgaard, a former Kennedy School of Government professor and a leading anti-corrupt
Read MoreThis is an article repost. Part 2 The Integrity Initiative’s long-term goal is to have all companies follow the same integrity standards and set of
Read MoreThis is an article repost. STRUCTURAL CHANGES are necessary if the Philippines is to fully shake off its reputation as Asia’s laggard and grow at a p
Read MoreThis is an article repost. THE SIXTH plunder case against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was lodged at the Office of the Ombudsman on July
Read MoreThis is an article repost. An internationally acclaimed economist has opined that the country’s tax system was a “complicated mess,” suggesting
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will tighten the rules on the importation of books. Through Memorandum
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Sixty-five years ago, from the deck of the freighter SS Willamette Victory, on the morning of July 30, 1946, I fir
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino has signed an administrative order that will require all government agencies – from
Read MoreThis is an article repost. Part 1 Why do we need to build a culture of integrity? Because it is the only long-term and comprehensive solution to ban
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Instead of our usual column, may I share with you excerpts of a talk that I delivered during a Hills Governance Ce
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. Memory is so burdensome to many of us that moving on and not looking back has become a kind of value in itself. Th
Read MoreThis is an article repost. MANILA, Philippines—As part of the country’s efforts to move up the global competitiveness ladder, the Department of Inter
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