The running estimates in business circles is that our growth further slowed to only three percent in the fourth quarter. We have a government that is trying to subsist on crafty public relations rather than on substantive economic reform. Our economy’s growth performance is mainly dictated by public spending. When public spending contracts, economic growth slows. Leaks from the co-called “Cabral files” suggest that at least five Cabinet members were involved in the insertions game, along with several other private citizens influential in the Marcos administration.

Source: Philippine Star December 29, 2025 16:37 UTC