Welcome to Coalition Against Corruption Our first year of work proved that citizens’ participation is crucial in governance. In building and reinforcing the projects, we learned that by building capable communities we also build a better nation.
Coming up with practical solutions to eradicate corruption require the participation of five sectors: business, NGOs, the academe, government, and the religious sector. By using a bottom-up strategy and mobilizing a nationwide network of volunteers, we are now bringing the campaign against corruption in every home and institution.
Under the CAC program, we focused on two major objectives. First, teach volunteers how to monitor the use of public funds. Only by giving monitoring tools and encouraging volunteerism can we shape active citizens and reliable partners in national development.
Second, prevent corruption. This starts with assessing policy, followed by reviewing procurement procedures, and then monitoring services or goods delivered by government agencies. Moreover, we must improve systems and prosecute the corrupt to deter corruption.
Some of our projects prepare community volunteers in stopping corruption in their local areas; others focus on national reforms.
At the national level, the BBC and MBC invited retired and active company executives and non-government representatives to be observers in Bids and Awards Committees of public agencies. Observers were able to monitor almost P4 billion worth of projects in the Departments of Defense, Public Works, Tourism, and Health, and the Philippine National Police. But the scope should be expanded because many government agencies do not have regular third-party observers yet. TAN and MBC also have ongoing reform programs with the BIR and BOC.
At the local level, NASSA has started to monitor the 20% Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of about 140 barangays in 27 dioceses. The monitoring teams are also gearing up to assess IRA use in several barangays.
Namfrel’s monitoring of medicine procurement, delivery, and inventory in 72 hospitals and 16 regional centers of the Department of Health helps the agency detect areas of improvement in drug purchasing and distribution. This will allow voluneers to compare prices of medicines procured by hospitals.
CODE-NGO is looking deeper into the use of the “pork barrel” funds of congressmen. CODE’s network of volunteers found out that some of these funds are used properly in the districts. Meanwhile, Ateneo G-Watch’s textbook delivery monitoring project is now on its fifth year of operations in partnership with the Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts as well as several NGOs.
It is our responsibility to prepare today’s youth for the crusade against corruption. If we cannot totally solve corruption now, at least the next generation will.
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| news and events |
PTF inks grant agreement with INCITEGov to monitor LGU projects
 24 June 2008 - The Partnership for Transparency Fund has signed a grant agreement amounting to $25,069 with the International Center for Innovation, Transformation and Excellence Governance (INCITEGov) for the latter’s project entitled “Participatory Monitoring for Barangay Infrastructure and Health Projects in the Province of Isabela.”
NAMFREL Signs Grant Agreement with PTF
 12 June 2008 – National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel)
volunteers will now count and monitor deliveries of medicines instead of ballots
in between elections. Namfrel secretary general Eric Alvia and Partnership for
Transparency Fund (PTF) board member Geert van der Linden have signed a one-year
grant agreement for the Medicine Monitoring Project that will cover eight hospitals
and two Centers for Health Development.
Mactan Chamber Launches “Catch
a Big Pugapo”
5 May 2008 – The Cebu Business Club and the Mactan Island Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (MICCI) recently launched their own “Catch a Big Pugapo” campaign
as a tie-up with the Coalition Against Corruption’s “Catch a Big Fish” project.
Auditors team up with bishops and businessmen to monitor gov't procurement 
5 May 2008 – The Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bishops-Businessmen's Conference
for Human Development (BBC), a member of the Coalition Against Corruption (CAC),
to intensify monitoring of government procurements.
CAC Launches Big Fish Project 
15 April 2008 – "While the campaign against corruption at the community level helps build a strong base, it is a long and slow process. Unless an example is made of a high official that is indicted, convicted, and finally jailed, it is difficult to make the general public believe that there is hope in overcoming corruption in this country," said Jose Cuisia Jr., chairman of the Coalition Against Corruption, during the launch of a new campaign at the AIM Conference Center in Makati City.
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| press statements |
On Presidential Doleouts
25 June 2008 - The President recently announced the expenditure of P2 billion
for a program to award grants to poor families, among several other new subsidy
programs. We laud her intention to assist the poor especially during this difficult
period. However...
Statement on the Big Fish Project
15 April 2008 – As we reported on the work of its members earlier in today's
program, the Coalition Against Corruption is making steady progress. We have
been operating as a movement for nearly four years. We believe it is time to
raise our targets while continuing to lay the groundwork for building a culture
of antipathy for corruption in the local communities.
Joint Statement on the Malacañang
Cash Giveaways
30 October 2007 – Pampanga governor Ed Panlilio's revelation that he
was given a bagful of cash amounting to P500,000 at an official function at
Malacañang is concrete proof of what we have long suspected - that corruption
is endemic in the “transactional politics” being practiced by many
of our public officials.
Hasten investigation on the lamp post scam
10 July 2007 – The purchase of overpriced lamp posts in Cebu is a clear
violation of law, if proven to be true. The Coalition Against Corruption (CAC)
urges the Ombudsman to hasten its investigation of the case.
Statement on corruption in the military
6 December 2004—The facts uncovered in the case of General Carlos F. Garcia
in the last few weeks appears to point to unexplained wealth on the part of an
officer in a sensitive position. The government and the military must now relentlessly
and vigorously proceed with a full investigation and appropriate judicial proceedings.
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Led
by NAMFREL volunteers nationwide and in partnership with the Department of Health
(DOH), the Medicine Monitoring
Project focuses on monitoring the procurement, delivery and inventory of medicines
and other medical supplies in 72 DOH retained hospitals and 16 Centers for Health
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| corruption cases |
1. Fertilizer Scam
2. Gen. Carlos Garcia Plunder Case
3. Hernani Perez Bribery Case
4. Megapacific Vote Counting Machines Deal
5. NBN-ZTE Broadband Deal
6. Lamp Post Scam
7. Malacañang Cash Giveaways |
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 want to help?
If you wish to help in our programs, email us. For further questions, you may call the CAC secretariat at tel. nos. (+632)751-1144 and look for Mr. Edward C. Gacusana |
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