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Saturday, December 08, 2007 |
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Transparency report inaccurate, says Palace |
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But Senator Legarda believes low-level corruption is
common in government
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Malacañang said the Transparency International
(TI) corruption survey, which ranked the Philippines as the
10th most corrupt in the world, may be inaccurate.
“Surveys have weaknesses and we want to leave
it to them [Transparency International]. Observe election surveys
with them in the past, there were candidates who fared well in
surveys but didn’t win but there were those who lagged behind in
surveys but won elections,” Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita
said.
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Bureau got more visa applications this year
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Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner
Marcelino Libanan said on Friday that there has been an upsurge in
the number of foreigners applying for working visas as a result of
the bureau’s crackdown against aliens working illegally in the
country.
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Indigenous people lash out at Bali climate
change talks
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Indigenous people from around the globe said
Friday they were being excluded from key international climate
change talks, when it was their homes, livelihoods and culture that
is at risk from global warming.
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Opposition wants President’s intelligence fund
slashed
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THE opposition wants to give half of the
intelligence fund allocated for the Office of the President to the
military, police and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
which are more directly involved in intelligence gathering.
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Firm involved in porno operations raided
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Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) halted the operations of an
Ortigas-based firm that was
engaged in the propagation of pornographic material in the internet.
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Berroya scores antismuggling group
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A rift between the Land Transportation Office
and the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) is now brewing over
allegations earlier made by Undersecretary Antonio Villar, who heads
the PASG, that the LTO has allowed the registration of some 3,000
imported vehicles even with incomplete requirements.
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