Philippines seen as most corrupt Asian economy: survey
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The Philippines is perceived by foreign businessmen as Asia&#39;s most corrupt economy, according to a survey Tuesday that also found countries were failing properly to tackle corruption.
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Brazil should end the year at the top of the list of countries with the highest rate of pirated personal computers in its market, outranking China for the first time, according to a study released on Thursday.
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Asia will be able to weather the rising prices of oil but economic growth will slow down, with Thailand and the Philippines being the worst affected in a group of 10 countries, a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said .
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BERLIN: A global corruption index released by watchdog organisation Transparency International has ranked Pakistan along with Kenya and Iraq 129th in a perceived corruption index of 146 countries.
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The Philippines is facing a fiscal crisis, President Gloria Arroyo said Monday. Arroyo is seeking political support for a $1.4 billion tax package that faces opposition in Congress.
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was described as "evil" in a Senate inquiry into official corruption on Monday, the most personal attack yet in a spiraling scandal.
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The Philippine government Sunday condemned the explosion occurring at a public market in the southern Philippines. &quot;We condemn in the strongest terms this attack against innocentcivilians.
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The Philippines remained the worldâs 11th most corrupt nation in a field of 146 countries evaluated by the London-based Transparency International (TI).
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Thailand ranked higher in an influential annual list of corrupt countries released on Wednesday, showing slightly results in the country&#39;s anti-corruption fight over the past year.
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New Delhi, October 20: India has received a poor 90th position in the annual global corruption index released on Wednesday by the graft watchdog Transparency International (TI), which ranked Bangladesh as the most corrupt country for the fourth
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The Philippine economy grew at an annual rate of 7.3 per cent last year, recording its biggest expansion in 31 years thanks to stronger consumer and government spending.
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During the past two weeks heavy storms and typhoons have rocked the Philippines killing and injuring people. As a result at least 640 dead and about 400 people missing in the northern Philippines.
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The BBC finds evidence of corruption by firms around the world doing business with Iraq during the sanctions regime.
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GLOBAL graft watchdog, Transparency International, yesterday ranked Nigeria as the third most corrupt country in the world, after Haiti and Bangladesh.
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The global anticorruption watchdog Transparency International has released the results of a public survey looking at which institutions private citizens find the most corrupt.
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Political parties are the public institutions most marred by corruption, an international watchdog group said Thursday in a new global survey marking the United Nations' first International Anti-Corruption Day.
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Filipinos working overseas sent a record $12.8bn (Â£6.5bn) home in 2006, their country's central bank has said.