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Malacañang’s enthusiasm on credit rating upgrade unwarranted-IBON
IBON executive director Sonny Africa said that the recent credit rating upgrade is not a sign of economic progress and that Malacañang’s enthusiasm is greatly unwarranted. The credit rating upgrade is most of all an assessment of the government’s ability to repay debt and not of economic development. There would be no such upgrade if…
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Groups bat for aid for agricultural workers
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Duterte’s infrastructure miracle: Resurrecting a damned project
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