Growth in the Philippine economy slackened to 5.2 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015 from the revised 6.6 percent increase achieved in the preceding quarter, official figures released Thursday morning show.

The rate of expansion in gross domestic product (GDP) in January to March this year was also slower compared with the 5.6 percent rise recorded in the comparable year-earlier period.

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