‘WE want the poor to feel the growth’

SENATE minority leader Alan Cayetano on Monday came to the defense of President Benigno Aquino on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) move giving the president a failing grade for his inability to harness growth to wipe out poverty in the country, saying that it is not the time for criticism.

Cayetano, pointed out that while it is true that a lot more needs to be done in addressing poverty, the Aquino administration has already accomplished a lot in that field.