The veneer of a ‘robust economy’ is beginning to crack

Here are two interestingly contradictory headlines that appeared about a month apart on the Philippine Star’s website, philstar.com:—“Economic boom spreads wealth wider in the Philippines” (written by Associated Press stringer Teresa Cerojano on July 4).

“Local execs face empty coffers” (written by Philstar reporter Michael Punongbayan and posted this past Monday, August 5).