Philippines drops to 117th this year from 102nd in 2004.
Philippine Ranking through the years:
1995 - 36th (out of 41 countries) Ramos CPI = 2.77
1996 - 44th (out of 54) Ramos CPI = 2.69
1997 - 40th (out of 52) Ramos CPI = 3.05
1998 - 55th (out of 85) Estrada CPI = 3.3
1999 - 54th (out of 99) Estrada CPI = 3.6
2000 - 69th (out of 90) Estrada CPI = 2.8
2001 - 65th (out of 91) Arroyo CPI = 2.9
2002 - 77th (out of 102) Arroyo CPI = 2.6
2003 - 92nd (out of 133) Arroyo CPI = 2.5
2004 - 102nd (out of 145) Arroyo CPI = 2.6
2005 - 117th (out of 158) Arroyo CPI = 2.5
Philippine Corruption Perception Index (CPI) score* by year:
1995 - 2.77 Ramos
1996 - 2.69 Ramos
1997 - 3.05 Ramos
1998 - 3.3 Estrada
1999 - 3.6 Estrada
2000 - 2.8 Estrada
2001 - 2.9 Arroyo
2002 - 2.6 Arroyo
2003 - 2.5 Arroyo
2004 - 2.6 Arroyo
* CPI Score - relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people, risk analysts and the general public, and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt).
Comment: I'm surprised the Philippines got the best CPI scores during Erap's time. Maybe Transparency Int'l was using Mercy Abad to gather data during Erap's time? LMAO!!!
It's clearly obvious though that Edsa Dos didn't deliver on it's promise of a cleaner, more legitimate and less corrupt government, no?
UPDATE: PCIJ has more on TI's rankings.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
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You write a good blog but possibly the reason you were surprised is that during Erap's time you were buying into the stories published by the Philippine main stream media. We have the same problem in the US so there is no offense meant. But it's important to realize that iff it weren't for bloggers we would only know what the 5th Estate wants us to know. And what they want us to know is only that which furthers their own political/economic interests. Keep up the good work!
You write a good blog but possibly the reason you were surprised is that during Erap's time you were buying into the stories published by the Philippine main stream media.
Thanks for the compliment, but I have to strongly disagree with you re the "positive stories" being published in the MSM during erap's time, anonymous. If you'll recall, the local MSM was strongly against erap from the very beginning, led by the biggest and most influential paper in the country, PDI.
The second most influential MSM paper, PHILSTAR, was anti-erap too (although not as severe as PDI). PHILSTAR's position reflected it's owners position, and we know former Speaker Sonny Belmonte is a known anti-erap. Max Soliven and Ernie Maceda were the only "pro-erap" philstar columnists at that time (at sandali lang si Maceda sa PHILSTAR since he was appointed US ambassador by Erap.) The rest of the columnists are anti-erap, some more extreme than others.
(The tribune OTOH, only got started in 1999, and it was a small newspaper.
Manila times was anti-erap, then became pro-erap, and now is pro-arroyo.)
Besides, kung si erap o si lacson yung nasa laman ng GLORIAGATE tape na yan, do you think the 2 biggest tv networks GMA7 and ABS-CBN would hesitate or be afraid to air those tapes? do you think they would let DOJ sec. raul gonzales bully them into not playing and analyzing the tapes and giving GLORIAGATE the live wall-to-wall coverage it deserves on the GLORIAGATE hearings and JUETENGATE II (katulad ng juetengate ni erap at yung at live tv coverage ng victor corpus/rosebud/narcopolitics senate hearings vs ping lacson)? hanggang ngayon, ayaw pa rin ng ch. 2 at ch. 7 na i-play yung tapes dahil "hindi authenticated" raw ang mga ito. POPPYCOCK!!
Tapos yung PDI, natakot rin sa malacanang kaya tinanggal ang downloadable na mp3 files ng "Original"/"spliced" tape ni Bunye. Kung si erap ang nagdemanda na alisin yung files na yan, sa tingin mo kaya ay aatras ang PDI? no way, dude.
We know the editors of PDI (ehem, letty jimenez magsanoc) are pro-arroyo, and i wouldn't be surprised if de quiros and neal cruz gets the ax next year!
Well said but you misunderstood my comment as I never mentioned anything about "positive stories." Like you, I wouldn't have considered the Star or the PDI to be positive. Like the NYT and the Wash Post they pushed, and still push, their own version of reality. It's up to the reader to realize who is behind the journalistic slant taken by any paper and to think the arguments made through. As I often told those who asked me which paper to read in Manila to understand what was going on, "All of them." Otherwise you only see the part of the story that one group wants to see. I don't believe that the MSM ever comes together except in times of extreme national crises. But after that crises is over, or forgotten, they go back to furthering thier own best interests.
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