Aaron Kasilag, 35, senior marketing consultant at a multinational company, lights a cigarette as he takes a break from work at Bonifacio

Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila July 4, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 4, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 30 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata is reflected in the side mirror of his vehicle as he waits for passengers at a tricycle station in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 4, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 4, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 10 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'

Aaron Kasilag, 35, a senior marketing consultant at a multinational company, cleans his car in his garage in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 29 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'

Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata pours petrol into his motorcycle outside his house in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags:

BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 14 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' Pia Kasilag (2nd R) shops for groceries with her son and two housemaids at a supermarket in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 8, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 8, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 25 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' Nancy Bolata shops for dried fish at a convenience store in Marikina, Metro Manila July 12, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY FOOD) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 07 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'

A breakfast of rice, egg and a sausage is served on a plate at the Kasilag family home in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 16, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 16, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY FOOD) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 27 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' A meal of rice mixed with noodles, dried fish and egg, left-over from their previous night's dinner, is seen in the Bolata's home in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 12, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 -

a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY FOOD) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 06 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' The Kasilag family eat dinner in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 9, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 9, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 26 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata (C) celebrates his 38th birthday with his family at a fast-food restaurant in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 17 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' Lucio, the two-year-old son of Aaron and Pia Kasilag, sleeps alone in a bed in his room in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 14, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 14, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 20 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' Arnold and Nancy Bolata's children sleep in a shared bed at their home in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 12, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly

half. Picture taken July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 02 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP

1. Aaron Kasilag, 35, senior marketing consultant at a multinational company, lights a cigarette as he takes a break from work at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila July 4, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 4, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 30 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less 2. Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata is reflected in the side mirror of his vehicle as he waits for passengers at a tricycle station in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 4, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 4, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 10 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less 3. Aaron Kasilag, 35, a senior marketing consultant at a multinational company, cleans his car in his garage in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 29 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less 4. Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata pours petrol into his motorcycle outside his house in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty

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rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 14 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Pia Kasilag (2nd R) shops for groceries with her son and two housemaids at a supermarket in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 8, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 8, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 25 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Nancy Bolata shops for dried fish at a convenience store in Marikina, Metro Manila July 12, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY FOOD) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 07 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less A breakfast of rice, egg and a sausage is served on a plate at the Kasilag family home in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 16, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 16, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY FOOD) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 27 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less A meal of rice mixed with noodles, dried fish and egg, left-over from their previous night's dinner, is seen in the Bolata's home in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 12, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 12, 2013.

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REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY FOOD) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 06 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less The Kasilag family eat dinner in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 9, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 9, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 26 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata (C) celebrates his 38th birthday with his family at a fast-food restaurant in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 17 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Lucio, the two-year-old son of Aaron and Pia Kasilag, sleeps alone in a bed in his room in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 14, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 14, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 20 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Arnold and Nancy Bolata's children sleep in a shared bed at their home in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 12, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS:

PICTURE 02 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less 13. Aaron Kasilag (3rd L), 35, who is holding daughter Noelle, his wife Pia (6th L), 39, who is holding son Lucio, and their children, Isabel (bottom row R) and Sergio pose for a photograph with their five housemaids in the family home in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 19 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'

1. Aaron Kasilag, 35, senior marketing consultant at a multinational company, lights a cigarette as he takes a break from work at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila July 4, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 4, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 30 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less 2. Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata is reflected in the side mirror of his vehicle as he waits for passengers at a tricycle station in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 4, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 4, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 10 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less 3. Aaron Kasilag, 35, a senior marketing consultant at a multinational company, cleans his car in his garage in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 -

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a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 29 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata pours petrol into his motorcycle outside his house in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 14 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Pia Kasilag (2nd R) shops for groceries with her son and two housemaids at a supermarket in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 8, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 8, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 25 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Nancy Bolata shops for dried fish at a convenience store in Marikina, Metro Manila July 12, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY FOOD) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 07 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less A breakfast of rice, egg and a sausage is served on a plate at the Kasilag family home in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 16, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 16, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY FOOD) ATTENTION

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EDITORS: PICTURE 27 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less A meal of rice mixed with noodles, dried fish and egg, left-over from their previous night's dinner, is seen in the Bolata's home in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 12, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY FOOD) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 06 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less The Kasilag family eat dinner in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 9, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 9, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 26 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata (C) celebrates his 38th birthday with his family at a fast-food restaurant in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 17 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less Lucio, the two-year-old son of Aaron and Pia Kasilag, sleeps alone in a bed in his room in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 14, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 14, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 20 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less

12. Arnold and Nancy Bolata's children sleep in a shared bed at their home in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 12, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 12, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 02 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less 13. Aaron Kasilag (3rd L), 35, who is holding daughter Noelle, his wife Pia (6th L), 39, who is holding son Lucio, and their children, Isabel (bottom row R) and Sergio pose for a photograph with their five housemaids in the family home in the wealthy Ayala Alabang subdivision in Las Pinas, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 19 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'less 14. Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata, 38, and wife Nancy, 33, pose for a photograph with their four children, (L -R) MaryJoy, MaryJane, MaryJasmine and MaryAngel, in the living room of their house in a squatter colony in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 6, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastestgrowing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 6, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 01 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' Aaron Kasilag (4nd L), 35, senior marketing consultant at a multinational company, poses for a photograph with colleagues at a bar in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Metro Manila July 5, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastest-growing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 5, 2013. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY)

ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 34 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP' Tricycle taxi driver Arnold Bolata (R) sings karaoke while a friend dances during a party at a squatter colony neighbourhood in Quezon city, Metro Manila July 7, 2013. The Philippines was Asia's fastestgrowing economy in the first three months of this year, but not all of the population has benefited equally from the boom. In recent years the rich have been enjoying significantly faster growth in income compared with people from middle and low income classes, according to an article by the Secretary General of the country's National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The Philippines poverty rate was running close to 28 percent in the first half of 2012 - a figure the current government wants to cut by nearly half. Picture taken July 7, 2013 REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT POVERTY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 15 OF 34 FOR PACKAGE 'THE PHILIPPINES' WEALTH GAP'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'PHILIPPINES WEALTH GAP'