Launched last August in a fanfare of publicity as part of the new administration’s campaign to combat corruption, the crowd-sourcing Pera ng Bayan (Money of the People) website set up by the Department of Finance (DOF) generated an initial and immediate flood of reports filed by concerned citizens.
The initiative was largely billed at the time by the media as a vehicle designed to help reduce corruption in government departments -- specifically erring public officials from the DOF and its affiliated agencies, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).



















