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WATCH: What Duterte did about living standards

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October 14, 2016 | 6:16pm
WATCH: What Duterte did about living standards
The number of poor people in the Philippines stood at 26 million. What is are the president's plan of action and what did he do about it in the last three months?
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Got a minute to spare? Here is an assessment of President Rodrigo Duterte's first 100 days on the problem of poverty and on raising living standards.

VISIT FULL COVERAGE: 100 days of President Duterte

FIRST 100 DAYS

POVERTY

RODRIGO DUTERTE
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