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Although an accurate figure is impossible to gauge for obvious reasons, politicians, commentators, international agencies and others have all repeatedly claimed that an estimated 20 percent of the national budget is lost to corruption each year.* With the 2010 budget set at PhP 1.541 trillion, that means PhP 9,765 or USD 217 is lost to corruption EVERY SECOND. That is equivalent to well over USD 18 million dollars wasted EVERY DAY. Think about it.

*On February 27, 2010 presidential candidate Manny Vilar claimed the annual figure lost to corruption to be PhP 250 billion (USD 5.5 billion) according to a report in the Philippine Star.

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# Primo C. Obsequio II 2010-03-24 15:26

Very depressing...!

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# rizal madlangbayan 2010-03-24 17:47

Corruption will never be resolved in the country unless those cought are put to death by hanging. It may seem uncivilized(eve n in the bible, death penalty is acknowledged) but stealing is more uncivilized. For example those people in DEP-ED who bought noodles for 22 pesos a piece instead of buying it only for 7 pesos and pocketed the 15 pesos are still free and back to work as usual as if they were not corrupt.

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# Mel R Silungan 2010-03-24 17:52

If we can avoid totally corruption in the way we do and transact business in the Philippines,tha t PhP250 billion lost to corruption every year can very well be used to build homes for the poor,I would imagine that there will be no more squatters living anywhere else in the Philippines.Whoever is going to sit as the next President and just sit and think about buliding so many tenement houses for the poor every year for the next 6 years of his term,that will be a lifetime legacy for his administration.

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# trixy 2010-03-24 18:38

Philippines is a very nice country but politically immature.

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# jonphil 2010-03-24 19:14

Quoting Mel R Silungan:

..that PhP250 billion lost to corruption every year can very well be used to build homes for the poor,I would imagine that there will be no more squatters living anywhere else in the Philippines.

So being POOR is now a privilege. Juan need not work then as the gov’t. will HAND DOWN to him his basic needs.

Annually, I pay for permits, health certificates, taxes, park my multicab in a rented park-slot a block away; when I get out of work, I see vagrant vendors peddling their wares by the road. Why is this allowed? Because they are poor?

This is not the kind of justice we aspire or want to achieve.

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# haysssss 2010-03-24 20:24

corruption>>>assuming i am a politician and i ran as honest as i can, didn't use 3Gs and i won... ok i am a mayor, people will come and ask for financial assistance for medical, electricity,see d capital for small business etc... cannot turned them down if i want to run again, where will i get that amount of money to give dole outs.. these people that i'd helped, gave them this all kinds of livelihood training program but still will come and ask for some more financial help... how long it will take me to educate this people to help themselves if i will sit as mayor for just one term... then back again to square one if somebody else won the seat... tsk tsk endless cycle... egg or chicken???

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# Lead Philippines 2010-03-24 21:47

Corruption can be curved by instituting better systems in our government. However, better systems can be instituted only by those in government. Indeed a chicken and egg situation!

But if our mass media exposes these corruption fairly and unbiased, less and less corrupt people will get elected in the future and there'll be a better chance to change the system.

Kudos to PPTRP for starting this project!

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# Lead Philippines 2010-03-24 21:51

PS. I wonder why mass in mass media is censored in my earlier post?

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# webmaster 2010-03-24 22:15

Quoting Lead Philippines:

PS. I wonder why m[censored] in m[censored] media is censored in my earlier post?

Sorry about the censor bug. will fix it asap.

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# Wilberg 2010-05-17 03:00

Corruption is a moral state, it is not just a political system problem. Even if you hang, electrify, or let criminals rot in jail, their corrupted/criminal human mind/flesh will still thirst for their activities. Wipe away immoral thoughts of all kinds from ourselves and from our society...only by then will we experience "clean everything" -- clean politics, clean money making, clean religion, clean family relationship, clean education, clean justice system, etc.

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# Vilma Gonzales 2010-07-10 12:35

Yes I agree that we could not clean the bureaucracy as long as we will not all start becoming (morally )right in everything we do, but with corruption being ingrained in the Filipinos' blood stream which started with petty bribery to our chldren at home like , "nak hindi ka pwedeng sumama, hwag ka nang umiyak, pagbalik ko dadalhan kita ng tsokolate". Di ba ginagawa natin 'to?

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# eponsmart 2010-08-05 10:10

sorry for us bili pinos money speaks for their actions. saan ba nila babawiin ang 20 m o 200 m na gasto sa eleksyon? sa kaban ng bayan, di ba? lifestyle check pls. from the 1st day of assuming office. tingnan ang SALN.

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# Vic Mariano 2011-07-18 16:48

The claim of Villar, who was a candidate, should not be cited as a credible statement if he has no stated basis for his estimated P250 billion, since his main concern as a candidate is to discredit his opponent.

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# barefoot cinderella 2012-10-20 17:03

here's a suggestion.. eliminate corruption by privatizing the service sectors of the government.. privatization means more transparency and more audits.. eliminate redundant government offices and limit the size of government.. eliminate individual income tax so people are free from oppression of government.. take away the bait and the crocodiles won't come swimming..

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