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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... year to April, up from 2.6% in the previous month and versus expectations for a 1.9% gain. Philippine GDP The outgoing Aquino administration is going out with a bang. Economic growth in the Philippines quickened to 6.9% in the year to the March quarter ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... soared by 66.4% to US$727.0 million, South Korea by 55.1% to US$491.8 billion and Thailand by 64.3% to US$491.1 million. The Aquino administration's increased infrastructure spending, political largesse ahead of the June presidential elections and still ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... The ratings upgrade means cheaper interest rates on Philippine government borrowings and thereby, aid President Benigno Aquino III's efforts toward achieving its growth target of 7.5% this year. However, I'm concerned that all these positive developments ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... them from poverty. The good news is that, this time, the Philippines have stronger macro fundamentals that'll support the Aquino government's recent declaration of the release of some 18.7 billion pesos (US$429 million) to fund reconstruction, rebuilding ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... increase in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over the same period and the 10.2% rise in the MSCI World Index. President Benigno Aquino III's policies - increased government spending, war against corruption and general good governance - appear to be working ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... market - and growing remittances (and investments) from overseas-based Filipino workers. Credit goes to President Benigno Aquino III - elected just over two years ago - and his efforts to rid the country of graft and corruption. These lifted government ...

People powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... Finally, there was hope for the Filipino people as there is now in Egypt. But alas, it was not to be. President Corazon Aquino's (Marcos' successor) tenure was marred by successive coup attempts in the years that followed. Gunfights ensued every now ...
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