AN investor-relations executive of a holding company with diversified interests has lamented the huge economic losses caused by corruption, drugs, and many other factors, and said that fighting illegal behavior by public officials needs strong “political will” from government.

“We have anti-corruption laws but are not imposed [efficiently],” Corazon Guidote, senior vice president for investor relations and corporate communications at SM Investments Corp., said on Friday at The Manila Times Fifth Business Forum, held at the Marco Polo

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