Philippines rises to 48^th in Peddling Peril Index

The Philippines improved a notch to 48^th out of 200 countries and territories in the of the (PPI) by the . The PPI measures countries and territories’ enforcement capability to monitor exchange of conventional weaponry and weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The country scored 807 out of 1,300 possible points, the fifth highest in the East and Southeast Asian region.