Global Issues
News headlines for “Corruption”, page 41
CAMBODIA: Chevron Silent on Bribery Allegations
- Inter Press Service
U.S. energy giant Chevron is under fire for failing to disclose the amount of money it allegedly paid to secure rights to drill for offshore oil in corruption-ridden Cambodia.
/EXCLUSIVE/FINANCE: How One Fund's Profits Ended Up in the Caymans
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama said he would crack down on firms that use offshore centres to evade taxes. He could begin with a New York subsidiary of one of the world's largest private banks, which uses a Cayman Islands company to shift its profits.
RIGHTS-PHILIPPINES: Poor Suffer Most From Corruption
- Inter Press Service
Apo Aguila, a computer programmer, moved to Singapore in 2005, frustrated with the news that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had allegedly cheated in the 2004 presidential election.
POLITICS-PARAGUAY: Twenty Years of Transition
- Inter Press Service
Paraguayan society is marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of former dictator Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989) amid uncertainty surrounding the loss of power of the Colorado Party, which ruled the country for 61 years.
FINANCE: Most Citizens Kept in Dark on Govt Spending
- Inter Press Service
The vast majority of the world's governments effectively deny citizens basic information they need to understand how public monies are being spent, according to a new report released here Sunday by the International Budget Partnership (IBP), a Washington-based project that works with civil society groups to promote government transparency and improve accountability.
INDIA: 'Satyam Scam Tip of Corporate Fraud Iceberg'
- Inter Press Service
Three weeks after the Satyam Computer Services promoter-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju confessed that he had cooked the information technology (IT) company's books, the scam continues to send shock-waves through Indian business and industry.
SRI LANKA: Gov't Ignores Supreme Court
- Inter Press Service
Far from heeding charges of human rights abuses and stifling dissent, the government has, this week, added blatant disregard for judicial fiat to its list of sins.
RIGHTS-MALAYSIA: Malaysian, Thai Officials Trafficking Burmese Migrants?
- Inter Press Service
A scandalous trade in Burmese migrant labour involving Malaysian and Thai officials and international human traffickers is now coming to light.
BULGARIA: Protests Rise Above Parties, and Against Them
- Inter Press Service
Protests have been taking place in Bulgarian capital Sofia almost every day since Jan. 14. Bringing together students and parents, farmers and environmentalists, the actions are directed against a political class which, in the words of the organisers, has 'robbed' Bulgarians.
ZIMBABWE: ‘‘Dollarisation’’ of Economy Hitting Poor Hard
- Inter Press Service
The collapse of the Zimbabwean economy has led to the ‘‘dollarisation’’ of the economy and even to what some, who have still maintained some sense for tragicomedy, call the ‘‘petrolisation’’ of the economy because of the re-emergence of barter trade.
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