Buoyed by the robust 7.8-percent growth in the first quarter, President Benigno Aquino III on Monday expressed confidence that the economy would grow at the same rate or even faster in the second quarter.
Chinese-Filipino businessmen are still smarting from President Aquino’s allegations that some of its members have been evading taxes.
Hounded by criticism that economic growth has not resulted in jobs, President Aquino said on Tuesday that jobs have always been available, but that job applicants have not been able to provide the skills required for employment.
Among the Philippine leaders from 1986 to present, President Benigno Aquino III posted the fastest growth in his first year in office while President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo posted the best average economic performance among those who completed their respective terms, the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB).
Gone are the days when the Philippines had to beg for investments. Now, investors are lining up to ride on the country’s economic momentum, President Aquino said here on Saturday.
We’re the same group of political science students who requested you to do a social marketing analysis of how to enhance Secretary Mar Roxas’ chances for election as the next president of the country. In your column last week, you mentioned that your social marketing model of “voter choice behavior … can be used for any other candidate” we may want analyzed “in terms of his or her chances for becoming the country’s president come election time.”
