Posts Tagged ‘corruption’


What Cory can teach Noynoy about truth commissions (and what we can learn from elsewhere too)

(The following is written by Ruben Carranza, who once served as one of the commissioners of the Philippines’ Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) — the body tasked to recover the Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth — under Haydee Yorac. He is now with the New York-based International Center for Transitional Justice. This website (mainly, me) decided [...]

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Risks of Aquino’s straight path

In a press conference held shortly after Congress proclaimed him the Philippines’ 15th president, Benigno Aquino 3rd made a slip-up that would haunt his leadership for the next six years. President Aquino said that unemployment data understated reality because they excluded people not seeking work.

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