AMID the flood of negative stories in media these days, the bit of good news came a few days ago from the Governance World Indicators (WGI) of the World Bank in whose survey showed that the Philippines is perceived to be less corrupt than the previous year as it improved its ranking among 200 countries.

Earlier, the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of the Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) showed that the Philippines’ ranking among 175 countries had significantly improved at 85th place from 94th in 2013 and 105th in 2012.

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