Philippines spotlights anti-graft measures in bid to woo U.S. aidMANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Friday defended its graft-fighting efforts in a bid to convince the United States to continue providing development assistance after an initial five-year grant of $434 million expired in May last year.  The move comes despite President Rodrigo Duterte s remark that America s money could be replaced, after the U.S. government s Millennium Challenge Corporation last year cited human rights concerns in deferring its vote on aid for Manila. The Philippines fell short of the  control of corruption  target on the MCC s scorecard for fiscal 2018, which determines a country s eligibility for assistance. However, the rating  may not completely reflect the reform initiatives of the Duterte administration in the area of fighting corruption and good governance,  said Harry Roque, a spokesman for the Philippine president. Duterte has fired government officials over corruption allegations, ordered agencies to open their records to the public, cut red tape and set up a hotline for people to report graft, Roque said in a statement.  We are hopeful that the MCC board would take into account these initiatives and see our commitment to further reforms in the areas covered by the compact assistance,  he added. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez also weighed in, saying the president had been  relentless in the campaign against corruption in government . Duterte  cleansed the corruption-plagued  Bureau of Corrections, and last month set up an anti-graft panel to investigate cases against presidential appointees, he added.  Duterte took power on a platform of battling crime, drugs and graft, but is himself being investigated by an independent anti-graft body over allegations of non-disclosure of wealth when he was mayor of the southern city of Davao. He raised the prospect of severing ties with Washington after being infuriated by U.S. criticism of his war on drugs, which has claimed more than 3,900 lives since he took office 16 months ago. worldnews
philippines spotlights measures bid woo aidmanila reuters the philippines friday defended efforts bid convince united states continue providing development assistance initial grant million expired may last year the move comes despite president rodrigo duterte remark america money could replaced government millennium challenge corporation last year cited human rights concerns referring vote aid manila the philippines fell short control corruption target mcc scorecard fiscal determines country eligibility assistance however rating may completely reflect reform initiatives duterte administration area fighting corruption good governance said harry rogue spokesman philippine president duterte fired government officials corruption allegations ordered agencies open records public cut red tape set hotline people report graft rogue said statement we hopeful mcc board would take account initiatives see commitment reforms areas covered compact assistance added finance secretary carlos dominguez also weighed saying president relentless campaign corruption government duterte cleaned bureau corrections last month set panel investigate cases presidential appointees added duterte took power platform battling crime drugs graft investigated independent body allegations wealth mayor southern city data he raised prospect severing ties washington infuriated criticism war drugs claimed lives since took office months ago worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Philippines spotlights anti-graft measures in bid to woo U.S. aidMANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Friday defended its graft-fighting efforts in a bid to convince the United States to continue providing development assistance after an initial five-year grant of $434 million expired in May last year.  The move comes despite President Rodrigo Duterte s remark that America s money could be replaced, after the U.S. government s Millennium Challenge Corporation last year cited human rights concerns in deferring its vote on aid for Manila. The Philippines fell short of the  control of corruption  target on the MCC s scorecard for fiscal 2018, which determines a country s eligibility for assistance. However, the rating  may not completely reflect the reform initiatives of the Duterte administration in the area of fighting corruption and good governance,  said Harry Roque, a spokesman for the Philippine president. Duterte has fired government officials over corruption allegations, ordered agencies to open their records to the public, cut red tape and set up a hotline for people to report graft, Roque said in a statement.  We are hopeful that the MCC board would take into account these initiatives and see our commitment to further reforms in the areas covered by the compact assistance,  he added. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez also weighed in, saying the president had been  relentless in the campaign against corruption in government . Duterte  cleansed the corruption-plagued  Bureau of Corrections, and last month set up an anti-graft panel to investigate cases against presidential appointees, he added.  Duterte took power on a platform of battling crime, drugs and graft, but is himself being investigated by an independent anti-graft body over allegations of non-disclosure of wealth when he was mayor of the southern city of Davao. He raised the prospect of severing ties with Washington after being infuriated by U.S. criticism of his war on drugs, which has claimed more than 3,900 lives since he took office 16 months ago. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: philippines spotlights measures bid woo aidmanila reuters the philippines friday defended efforts bid convince united states continue providing development assistance initial grant million expired may last year the move comes despite president rodrigo duterte remark america money could replaced government millennium challenge corporation last year cited human rights concerns referring vote aid manila the philippines fell short control corruption target mcc scorecard fiscal determines country eligibility assistance however rating may completely reflect reform initiatives duterte administration area fighting corruption good governance said harry rogue spokesman philippine president duterte fired government officials corruption allegations ordered agencies open records public cut red tape set hotline people report graft rogue said statement we hopeful mcc board would take account initiatives see commitment reforms areas covered compact assistance added finance secretary carlos dominguez also weighed saying president relentless campaign corruption government duterte cleaned bureau corrections last month set panel investigate cases presidential appointees added duterte took power platform battling crime drugs graft investigated independent body allegations wealth mayor southern city data he raised prospect severing ties washington infuriated criticism war drugs claimed lives since took office months ago worldnews