PAPUNTA SA DAANG MATUWID

PHILSTAR EDITORIAL: SLIP IN TRANSPARENCY
Those who have been following the debates on the utilization of funds by the Senate will agree with the results of an international survey on budget transparency. In the Open Budget Survey 2012 covering 100 countries and conducted by the Washington-based International Budget Partnership, the Philippines garnered a SCORE of 48 PERCENT - A SEVEN-POINT SLIP from its score in the previous survey in 2010. That's NOT A good SIGN for the administration of DAANG MATUWID, which is TOUTING TRANSPARENCY as a come-on for investors to take a look at the country.