PH income upgrade not proof of broad-based progress – groups

WIRE — MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines' new classification as an upper-middle-income economy by the World Bank does not reflect the reality faced by millions of poor Filipinos and should not be treated as proof of broad-based economic progress, labor and research groups said. In separate statements, Anakpawis Party-list and IBON Foundation said that while the country's

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