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        "id": 1405770,
        "msgid": "rp-posts-lower-budget-deficit-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-04-15 00:00:00",
        "title": "RP posts lower budget deficit",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "RP posts lower budget deficit MANILA (AP): The Philippine government said yesterday it registered a lower-than-expected budget deficit of 12.389 billion pesos (US$326 million) in the first quarter of 1998. National Treasurer Caridad Valdehuesa said the government had expected to post a budget deficit of 14 billion pesos ($368 million) for the period. \"This is very good news because we were able to limit our expenditures, therefore allowing us to post a smaller budget deficit,\" she said.",
        "content": "<p>RP posts lower budget deficit<\/p>\n<p>MANILA (AP): The Philippine government said yesterday it<br>\nregistered a lower-than-expected budget deficit of 12.389 billion<br>\npesos (US$326 million) in the first quarter of 1998.<\/p>\n<p>National Treasurer Caridad Valdehuesa said the government had<br>\nexpected to post a budget deficit of 14 billion pesos ($368<br>\nmillion) for the period.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is very good news because we were able to limit our<br>\nexpenditures, therefore allowing us to post a smaller budget<br>\ndeficit,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>The government is targeting a budget surplus of 5 billion<br>\npesos ($131 million) for 1998 and 22 billion pesos ($578 million)<br>\nfor 1999.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/rp-posts-lower-budget-deficit-1447893297",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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