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Only 308 donors funded campaign for presidency
AS A veteran fund-raiser for presidential candidates tells it, there are fewer awkward moments in the campaign than a meeting between the candidate and a potential donor…
By Adminnewspack·July 20, 2010
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Risky start-ups?
A CLOSE look at election spending reports of seven presidential candidates and three political parties in the May 10 polls reveals that election campaigns are funded in the manner…
By Roel Landingin·July 20, 2010
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Illicit list? Arroyo’s 977 ‘midnight’ appointees
LAWYERS at the Palace have been burning the midnight oil scrutinizing nearly a thousand appointments made by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in various government agencies…
By Tita C Valderama·July 19, 2010
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Arroyo made 13 ‘midnight appointments’ on June 10
SHE ALREADY created a furor with her “midnight appointments,” or appointments made on the eve of an election ban. Yet a month after the May 10, 2010 elections, then President…
By Ed Lingao·July 11, 2010
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Wheels of justice grind slow, results, audit of funds slower
NUMBERS – people, cases, funds – are a messy, maddening mix in the courts. The numbers defy all myth and romance about the majesty and dread that literature ascribes to the men and…
By Malou Mangahas·July 8, 2010
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Companies & jurists
AMID the relentless reticence of the justices of the Supreme Court to publicly disclose their statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), the PCIJ launched a research…
By Malou Mangahas·July 7, 2010
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High court black hole in transparency drive
GOOD GOVERNANCE is the solemn promise of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III. Transparency and respect for access to information could enable it; the rule of law, or the…
By Malou Mangahas·July 7, 2010
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Rush FOI law, observe disclosure rule even now
THE 15th Congress must adopt, refile and pass with dispatch the version of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act that was aborted in the 14th Congress because of the feigned absence…
By Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism Pcij·July 4, 2010
