A CONVERSATION this week with two visitors from abroad, an investment banker based in Hong Kong and a veteran journalist covering Asian business, showed how the myth of President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s purported anti-corruption campaign has captivated even the very knowledgeable and highly informed.
The banker wondered whether Aquino’s much-touted fight against graft would continue after he steps down. To which this writer replied that far from reducing sleaze, this administration has, in fact, seen the worst corruption since the excesses of the Marcos regime. Consider the following unprecedented anomalies, among many others:
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