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A rice retailer fixes his products in his store in Manila on Wednesday. Rice prices in the Philippines have risen for six straight weeks. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

Higher rice prices helped push inflation up to 4.1 percent in February from 3.4 percent a year earlier, official statistics show, but the central bank says the full-year target remains intact.

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