MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has communicated with the United States to clarify the latter’s report flagging the country’s “pervasive and long-standing problem” of corruption, citing the reforms being made by the Marcos administration.Malacañang has also come to the defense of the Bureau of Customs, which has been flagged as “one of the most corrupt agencies in the country” for the ninth consecutive year by the US Department of State. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Palace press officer Claire Castro said that since his State of the Nation Address in July, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. had intensified his campaign […]... Keep on reading: PH cites reforms as US tags Bureau of Customs among most corrupt agencies