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They are unlike American firms which operate with “highest standards of transparency, adhere to rule of law,” he says (Eagle News) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, March 1, warned the Philippines against entering into deals with Chinese state-run or state-backed firms. Speaking to the media at the Department of Foreign Affairs where he met with Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Pompeo said American companies were the “best partners” in infrastructure, development, […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Feb. 4, slammed a House resolution that requires the approval of the plenary–or over 200 congressmen—before a congressman’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth is released. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that “while the executive does not intrude into the internal rules and procedures adopted” by the legislature, House Resolution No. 2467 “may be perceived as a transgression of Article XI of the Constitution, requiring any public […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 8) – The COMELEC (Commission on Elections) proposes that the election returns should be posted in their official website. This is to show the transparency of the election that can be monitored by public. Can this prove the transparency of our election? So what if we have access to that, how sure are we that this information is accurate? The Filipino citizens were not born yesterday. Our generation is too smart to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 15 (Eagle News) — Information Technology (IT) experts urged the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to try the new two technologies as an alternative voting system to the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines for the 2016 elections. The said two technologies were the Transparent and Credible Election System (TCES) and the Fairness, Accuracy, Integrity, Transparency, and Honesty (FAITH).
MANILA, March 21 (PNA) — The government will launch the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub (FAiTH) Version 2.0 next month to ensure greater transparency and accountability in the handling of donations being extended by foreign donors to devastated communities in the Visayas region. The FAiTH Task Force unveiled Version 2.0 of the website in a briefing for the diplomatic corps at the Department of Foreign Affairs Thursday, Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a statement. The […]
