The Philippines is getting a more corrupt and less democratic state under President Rodrigo Duterte. That's according to recent rankings published by international agencies.
The Philippines is the 113 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries, according to the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. That's 14 notches below the 2018 ranking and 18 down from 2015 before Duterte becomes President!
Meanwhile, the Philippines slid down one notch in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy Index for 2019, to 54th place.
That's on top of two notches it slid in 2018.
Rising corruption means that President Duterte's anti-corruption rhetoric that helped him grow in power was just that — rhetoric. Meanwhile, his death squads and attacks on media have undermined the country's democratic institutions, without helping the Philippines in the corruption front.
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For my DDS 'friends" who cannot understand why it's bad that the rating went down:
Bumaba ang rating nya: ibig sabihin mas malayo sya sa top 10...
Number 1 sa listahan ay pinaka magandang bansa, then number 2... number 3... hangang number 180 ang pinaka corrupt. Pilipinas ay # 113. Noon 2015 #95 ang Pilipinas.
The Philippines is the 113 least corrupt nation out of 180 countries, according to the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. That's 14 notches below the 2018 ranking and 18 down from 2015 before Duterte becomes President!
Meanwhile, the Philippines slid down one notch in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy Index for 2019, to 54th place.
That's on top of two notches it slid in 2018.
Rising corruption means that President Duterte's anti-corruption rhetoric that helped him grow in power was just that — rhetoric. Meanwhile, his death squads and attacks on media have undermined the country's democratic institutions, without helping the Philippines in the corruption front.
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For my DDS 'friends" who cannot understand why it's bad that the rating went down:
Bumaba ang rating nya: ibig sabihin mas malayo sya sa top 10...
Number 1 sa listahan ay pinaka magandang bansa, then number 2... number 3... hangang number 180 ang pinaka corrupt. Pilipinas ay # 113. Noon 2015 #95 ang Pilipinas.


basically talagang tinitira nila si PRRD. Uulitin ko Hindi ako PRO PRRD which means wala akong pinapanigan kahit anong kulay pero kung e kukumpara mo sa Projects at corruption sa PREVIOUS ADMIN vs CURRENT ADMIN. Walang kwenta PREVIOUS administration puro dada katuld ng MRT ni Pnoy papasagasa daw sya pag di maayos hay nako wala namang ng yari di din nag pasagasa. Lalo na ung Mga bagon ng train na binili nila hindi pala compatible sa Rail natin. Gumastos lang tuloy ng malaki, kung pag babasihan natin sa mga palpak na projects PRRD vs PNOY marami ang PNOY admin. Example YOLANDA, SAF44, DEVANGXIA, bagon na hindi Compatible sa rail natin etc. At kung sa Projects pag uudapan natin WALANG WALA din ang PREVIOUS admin, marami ako nababasa na karamihan ng projects ni PRRD ay plano ni PNOY. WTF for 6 years ginawa lang ni PNOY puro plano? E new clark city panahon pa talaga yan ni GLORIA na plan right? Na si PRRD LANG ang Naka tupad. Kung e kukumpara natin sa lahat Corruption, Projects, economy growth marcos to duterte . Pra sakin DUTERTE pinaka Maayos ayos . May mali din naman si duterte siguro ung sa WEST PH SEA lang. Well considerable naman talaga un kasi di talaga natin kayang labanan CHINA. Kahit e compare plang boat ng CCG at PCG walang wala tayo para e taboy sila . Kung sasabihin natin kakampihan tayo ng America at Eu well madaling sabihin yun pero mahirap e imagine na magiging battle field nanaman ang pilipinas. Para sakin 50/50 ako dyan sa issue nayan.
yan walang halong mga kulay kulay yan.
i think not, ok isa isahin mo mga agencies ng ibang bansa na nag participate sa survey ng forbes. Na walang halong kulay. Pinoy ka Pinoy ako Nakatira ka sa PINAS at Ako din ngaun tanungin kita SINU mas CORRUPT PREVIOUS or CURRENT ADMIN ts? Paki sagot lang yan TS at e compare natin isa isa sila. Tapos usapan natin