WHILE the country has been deemed eligible, the Duterte administration is not keen on accepting the aid grant from the United States government under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a Palace official said Sunday.

Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella issued the statement following an announcement from the MCC that the Philippines made it to the list of candidate-countries under the low income category eligible to receive assistance for 2018.

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