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                    [ArticleID] => 266296
                    [Title] => The bill-collecting wolf is knocking at the door
                    [Summary] => AT THEIR MERCY: Kawawa naman ang Filipinas. We look pathetic with foreigners mocking us and telling us what to do – or else. And it would seem we have no choice.


Foreign credit raters are having a field day declaring us a big risk and consigning us to a lower credit rating. We watch helplessly as our creditors raise their interest rates and shoo foreign investors away.

They then throw us an ultimatum: Bleed the natives for more taxes to raise money for the foreign banks demanding payment.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136322 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
ED PORTUGAL
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 266296
                    [Title] => The bill-collecting wolf is knocking at the door
                    [Summary] => AT THEIR MERCY: Kawawa naman ang Filipinas. We look pathetic with foreigners mocking us and telling us what to do – or else. And it would seem we have no choice.


Foreign credit raters are having a field day declaring us a big risk and consigning us to a lower credit rating. We watch helplessly as our creditors raise their interest rates and shoo foreign investors away.

They then throw us an ultimatum: Bleed the natives for more taxes to raise money for the foreign banks demanding payment.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136322 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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