WHAT GMA DOES NOT TELL
THE FILIPINO PEOPLE

 
 

1. Our economy’s average GDP growth rate for GMA’s term (2001-2006) was the LOWEST:
 
   

China - 9.48%
Cambodia - 9.23%
Vietnam - 7.62%
Laos - 6.43%
     

Bangladesh - 5.75%
Thailand - 5.07%
Indonesia - 4.85%
PHILIPPINES - 4.37%
                 

2. Our country's average export growth rate for 2001-2006 was also the LOWEST:
 

China - 25.62%
Laos - 18.98%
Vietnam - 18.75%
Cambodia - 17.75%
 

Bangladesh - 13.92%
Thailand - 13.52%
Malaysia - 9.60%
PHILIPPINES - 4.08%

3. The total amount of foreign direct investments into our country in 2001-2006 was the LOWEST:
 

Singapore - $73.50B
Thailand - $34.70B
Malaysia - $19.96B

Indonesia - $14.32B
Vietnam - $13.17B
PHILIPPINES - $7.11B

4. Our country's gross domestic investment rate was the LOWEST in Asia in 2006:

China - 44.90%
Vietnam - 35.40%
Thailand - 27.90%
Bangladesh - 25.00%


Indonesia - 24.60%
Cambodia - 20.80%
Malaysia - 20.00%
PHILIPPINES - 14.80%
5. Compare the value of the peso and the Thai baht since 1999 when they were nearly equal:
$1 USD
Baht-to-$1 USD
Peso-to-$1 USD
    1999
37.81
39.09
  2001
44.43
50.99
  2003
41.50
54.20
  2004
40.20
56.00
  2005
40.20
55.10
  2006
37.90
51.30
 
Apr 2007
32.40
47.50
 

 

TINATALO PA TAYO NG VIETNAM, CAMBODIA,
LAOS AT BANGLADESH!


PERO SA CORRUPTION, No. 1 ANG PILIPINAS

Sources: International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas