epa10430366 A laborer works at a construction site next to the city's financial district, in Manila, Philippines, 26 January 2023. The Philippines' economy posted a 7.6 percent full-year growth in 2022, the highest in 46 years since the country recorded an 8.8 percent growth in 1976. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a growth of 7.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022, resulting in a 7.6 percent full-year growth in 2022, according to the National Economic and Development Authority's (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
