“In a period of lethargic global economic activity, we registered an astounding 6.8 percent gross domestic product [GDP] growth in 2012. We surpassed this in the first quarter of 2013, when we reported growth of 7.8 percent—the highest recorded GDP in East and Southeast Asia.” This was what President Benigno Aquino 3rd declared in his most recent State of the Nation Address (SONA). According to him, the Philippines is now considered a “rising tiger” by the World Bank.

These indigenous women felt excluded in President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s SONA  Photos Courtes Y Of Susan Corpuz
These indigenous women felt excluded in President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s SONA Photos Courtes Y Of Susan Corpuz

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