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The Philippine economy grew by 8.3 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, a reversal of the 3.8-percent contraction in the same period...
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The government is confident of reaching its 50-70 million target registrations for the national ID by yearend, after 37.2 million Filipinos signed up for step 1...
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Zooming sales, financing boom
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