pagka brayt oi, challenge2x pa.
Aha ko ni ingon nga ni "down" ang GDP, sir? Unsa pag sabot nimu anang "lagging behind"? Does a lagging GDP mean it contracted?
Sige apollo, pagamitun tkag codigo. Let's even disregard the annual front runners in ASEAN ky mauwawan ra ta anang sturyaa. Ato testingan imung comprehension skills.

observe Vietnam and Thailand
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The Philippine Economy Growing too Slow (If you really want to understand why our growth rate is not enough)
I am not going to spoon-feed you anymore. But Indonesia and Philippines have been neck in neck until very recently in terms of GDP per capita. The same thing with Thailand. Only until recently did those two countries' GDP take off. Vietnam on the other hand is gaining ground, and if it wasn't for its economy cooling down, it would have already surpassed Philippine GDP by last year--It's still has a significant growth though. A lot of it has to do with the FDI these countries are getting. Can you even imagine if the Vietnamese, Thais and Indonesians got around to being remotely close to English proficient as the Philippines?
btw what's this about PNoy and GMA? ka defensive ba nimu oi. hahah. The slight is not exclusive to either administration. I'm merely pointing out that the current administration should stop painting a rosy picture, because people need to act on urgency, not blind optimism.