{"id":60172,"date":"2015-08-28T22:47:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T14:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=60172"},"modified":"2025-01-17T21:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T02:35:00","slug":"survey-shows-decline-in-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/28\/survey-shows-decline-in-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey shows decline in corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22845\" style=\"width: 208px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SWSlogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22845\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SWSlogo.jpg\" alt=\"Wikipedia Photo\" width=\"208\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; From the point of view of the business community, corruption in the public sector has declined.<\/p>\n<p>The latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed a decrease in the number of businessmen who have personal knowledge of corruption in the government.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, which included executives of 966 companies, showed that only 32 percent has knowledge of corruption in the public sector.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy lopressor online <a href=\"https:\/\/medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lopressor.html\">https:\/\/medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/lopressor.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The figure is lower than the 33 percent recorded in 2012 and 38 percent in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>With regards to the sincerity of the government in fighting corruption, most of the businessmen gave a &#8220;very good&#8221; ranking to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security System, Philippine Stock Exchange, Office of the President, and Department of Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Bureau of Customs was rated &#8220;very bad&#8221; in its net sincerity in the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe numbers are improving there\u2019s no question. The question in my mind is it is good enough for us. Is it what we want or do we want better?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy furosemide online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/furosemide.html\">https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/furosemide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Do we want more? In the point of view of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) we want more, we want better.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clenbuterol online <a href=\"https:\/\/medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/clenbuterol.html\">https:\/\/medical.iftitah.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/clenbuterol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> We will not be competitive even with these high numbers,\u201d NCC co-chairman Guillermo Luz said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; From the point of view of the business community, corruption in the public sector has declined. 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