Separating perceptions from reality
Separating perceptions from reality
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Bulatlat.com
It has been two years since Pres. Benigno Aquino III assumed the presidency and now is the time to expect results. For sure, during President Aquino’s second state of the nation address, the nation would once again hear him extol the achievements of his administration, which most likely would include the 6.4 percent GDP growth on a year-to-year basis during the first quarter of 2012; the removal of former ombudsman Merceditas Guitierrez and former chief justice Renato Corona; the results of the 2nd quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) that showed that adult unemployment went down to 26.6 percent from the all-time high of 34.4 percent registered in March 2012 but still above the 24 percent registered in December 2011, and hunger fell to 18.4 percent, or an estimated 3.8 million families. This is more than 5 points below the record-high 23.8 percent (est. 4.8 million families) in March 2012. Moreover, the Aquino administration, as it has declared in the last few weeks, would boast about the supposed change in perceptions on and mindset about the government.
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