Pia Cayetano: Upper-middle-income status hard to celebrate if unfelt

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Pia Cayetano said Tuesday that the Philippines’ upper-middle-income status is difficult to celebrate when most Filipinos do not feel an improvement in their lives, as she questioned whether the country’s progress mentioned in President Marcos’ fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday was translating into better lives for Filipino families. “It is very difficult to take pride in and explain that we are an upper-middle-income country when most Filipinos do not actually feel its benefits,” Cayetano said in a privilege speech a day after Marcos delivered his Sona. READ: PH attains ‘upper middle income’ […]...

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