Anatomy of Philippine poverty

By Ben R. Punongbayan

Nov 29, 2023 12:01 am

First of two parts

AT this modern time of general abundance in the world and, particularly in our part of the world, we find our country with an incongruous incidence of widespread poverty. It appears inconceivable, given that we were not in that bad situation when we gained independence from America 77 years ago.

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