High diamond exports extend trade surplus
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Total exports for that month were valued at P5.38 billion, showing an increase of 41.5% from the April 2017 value of P3.80 billion.
According to SB, the increase is mainly due to a rise of 41.3% in diamond exports, from P3.53 billion in April 2017 to P4.99 billion in May 2017.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...