President Rodrigo Duterte’s death squads didn’t kill corruption in Philippines last year. But they killed freedom and democracy, and will kill the country’s economic growth and equity market.

THE Thais call it gin muong (nation eating). In Chinese, it is known as tan wu (greedy impurity), in Japanese oshoku (dirty job), and to the Pakistanis, it is ooper ki admani (income from above).

The Philippines is still searching for its own leader to free it from corruption and turn it into the bright star of Asia that it once was.

Manila, Philippines, Feb 19, 2008 / 23:01 pm. Though critics of government corruption in the Philippines have called upon Catholic bishops to lead the reform movement, the nation’s bishops have ...

In Storm-Ravaged Philippines, Corruption Undermines Infrastructure Some of the destruction from Typhoon Haiyan was not purely the result of the storm's huge force.

The Philippines improved its score by a notch but “remains on the lower end of the spectrum” among Asia-Pacific countries in the latest Corruption Perception Index of Berlin-based organization ...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has overseen the destruction of $5.5 million worth of luxury vehicles and motorcycles as part of his campaign against corruption. A government video shows ...

Reporting from MANILA — Christian Nilo has grown up with poverty and corruption, with barely enough to eat and teachers who demand bribes in exchange for passing grades. Two years ago, when he ...

MANILA, Philippines --Pope Francis called on Filipinos to reject the corruption that has plagued this Asian nation for decades and urged them to instead work to end the "scandalous" poverty and ...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has urged his country's lawmakers to reinstate the death penalty for drug offenses and the corruption that aids it, describing the crimes as "heinous." ...