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Mass resignation can’t cure gov’t corruption – Makati Business Club

MANILA, Philippines — Instead of a mass resignation of elected officials, the influential Makati Business Club has urged the government to pursue systemic reforms to address corruption amid the flood control scandal. READ: US State Department flags ‘pervasive’ corruption in PH “Simply changing the people in power will not achieve the lasting improvement in the country’s

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Balancing act of independent directors

What is the extent of responsibility or involvement of an independent director of a company in its regular operation? This issue cropped up in the course of the investigation by the Senate blue ribbon committee of anomalous flood control projects. Marcoleta It turned out that the wife of Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, a member of the