STATEMENT EMMANUEL F. ESGUERRA Socioeconomic Planning Secretary NEDA Director-General Press Conference on the 2016 Q1 Performance of the Philippine Economy Destiny Function Room, Elements at Eton Centris Building, EDSA, Quezon City 19 May 2016, 10:00 AM Ladies and gentlemen, members of the media, colleagues in government, good morning. The 6.9-percent growth in the first quarter continue reading : Statement of Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Emmanuel Esguerra on the 2016 Q1 Performance of the Philippine Economy