PHILIPPINES: President Arroyo pledges stronger economy

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Updated July 23, 2007 20:18:57

The Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has given her annual state of the union address in the capital Manila, as thousands of protestors gathered outside the House of Representatives. President Arroyo's address focused on security and the economy, laying out an ambitious an agenda for the remainder of her term, which ends in 2010.

Presenter: Corinne Podger
Speakers: Philippine president Gloria Arroyo; protestor Ernesto Reyes

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