Kuala Lumpur, 10 August 2022 – IDEAS commends the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament for the release of the report on the procurement of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and calls on the government to implement the PAC recommendations.
The Philippines has a “moderate” risk of corruption in its defense and security sectors, according to a recent assessment of a global transparency movement based in the United Kingdom.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) The country was placed un
(File photo) MANILA - The Philippines is winning its fight to eradicate corruption within the country's military operations, according to German-based anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International. In the Transparency International's Government Defence Integrity (GDI) Index, the Philippines received a "C" rating, or a "modest" institutional resilience to corruption rating similar to the rating of more than 20 countries that include Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, among others. "Institutional resilience to corruption is modest across the Philippines' defence institutions," the anti-corruption watchdog said on its website. Transparency International said oversight of policy-making and procurement by parliament is "particularly weak and transparency remains limited throughout the sector, including with regards to financial management." It, however, noted that "corruption risk mitigation is relatively robust in mili