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Risa Hontiveros: Poverty the most urgent concern

The Philippine Star

April 23, 2013 | 12:23pm

For senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros, economic growth can only be meaningful if it brings social equality and addresses the country's most urgent concern: poverty. Poverty, she said, affects dehumanizes Filipinos and affects the development potential of the nation.

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