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While corruption scandals dominate national headlines, one city decided to fight back — quietly, intelligently, and without fanfare. Naga City just made history as the first local government in the Philippines to deploy a full-scale, AI-powered anti-corruption system — a groundbreaking innovation built entirely by Filipino StartUp founders, scientists and innovators determined to make corruption impossible before it starts. Under the visionary leadership of Mayor Leni, Naga didn’t wait for directives or debates. Instead, it built a system that turns transparency into technology — ensuring that every project, every peso, and every promise is tracked, verified, and delivered with integrity. The platform, first unveiled at the Asian Institute of Management during the Masters in Innovation and Business Demo Day on September 2, 2023, represents a turning point in Philippine governance — where honesty is not just a virtue, but a system. No politics. No noise. Just proof that good governance can be engineered. And as others continue to talk about reform, Naga quietly showed the nation what it actually looks like.
