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Good morning Rapplers!
The Philippines scored and ranked lower in the 2017 report of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of Transparency International (TI) compared to the previous two years. The CPI 2017 results showed that the Philippines got a score of 34, down from 35 in the 2015 and 2016 reports.
Meanwhile, Rappler reporter Pia Ranada has been banned from entering the entire Malacañang complex, not just Malacañang Palace. The development comes after Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Ranada was barred because Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is irritated at her.
But some have defended Ranada. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Presidential Security Group chief’s remarks – that Ranada was lucky she wasn’t hurt by a PSG guard – was “uncalled for.”
In the United States, students staged protests in several US cities to turn up the heat on President Donald Trump and lawmakers to take action on gun control.
All this and more are on today’s wRap.
With a score of 34, the Philippines ranks 111th out of 180 countries in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International
Previously, Rappler reporter Pia Ranada was only barred from entering the Palace but could enter the New Executive Building which houses the Press Working Area
‘Whatever Rappler’s offense, the PSG [has] no right to harm Rappler’s people [or] threaten them,’ says Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana
Napolcom Vice Chairman Rogelio Casurao tells Rappler that under ‘present conditions’, Ronald dela Rosa can serve as long as the President wants him to, even indefinitely
Students stage walkouts from high schools in Florida and elsewhere vowing to make the tragedy a turning point in America’s deadlocked debate on gun control
The country’s antitrust body is reviewing its existing P1-billion threshold, taking into account that inflation hit a 3-year high last January
Let the game of crowns begin!
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