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The VAT increase of 12 percent, which was crafted to save the country from its ballooning multi-billion dollar debt, comes in the disguise of just hitting the corporate market. However the truth is, this burden will be passed on to the consumers, which consists of the majority, those living below the poverty line.


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Standard Chartered Bank regional economist Mike Moran said while the Philippine economic fundamentals were impressive in the first quarter of the year, the recent political scandals related to last year’s national elections and the jueteng exposes involving the First Family have forced investors to adopt a cautious stance.


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