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February 16, 2026
The massive flood control scandal that became public in July last year has worsened the perception abroad of corruption in the country. For a third straight year, the Philippines slumped in the global rankings for 2025, falling six spots to 120th out of 182 countries in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) report published last week by Transparency International (TI). It had a CPI score of 32 out of 100, which was below the global
