OPINION | Victory at Christmas By Amelia H. C. Ylagan READ:
Along the way, and at all destinations, dancing colored lights, beckoning greetings, and glitzy décor exacted obeisance to the inescapable god called “Merry Christmas.”
Christians are the largest religious group in the world, with 2.56 billion , making up more than a third of Earth’s 7.3 billion people, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center demographic analysis.for a deliverance or redemption, in whatever religion, or in other belief or unbelief.
“There are downside risks to growth in 2023, including inflation stickiness, further increases in interest rates, and a sharper than expected slowdown in GDP growth in advanced countries,” said ADB Philippines Country Director Kelly Bird.
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