Five delegates from the Philippines attended a two-day open government summit in London from October 31 to November 1 to present nine commitments “designed to strengthen transparency, accountability, and openness in the Philippine bureaucracy.”

“The Philippines’ attendance to the 2013 summit is an expression not only of our desire to strengthen our ex-isting commitments, but also to introduce new ways of opening the government up to increased transparency and citizen participation,” Budget Sec-retary Flo-rencio “Butch” Abad said, speaking from Manila.

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