Occidental Mindoro Sees Dramatic Economic Turnaround, Reducing Poverty and Insurgency
Occidental Mindoro province in the Philippines is experiencing a dramatic economic turnaround, leading to reduced poverty and insurgency incidents, according to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.
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