Everything you said about POGO is correct but this part right here is what immediately affected the normal Filipino. plus real estate prices started jacking up bc they were ready to pay large amounts of money to set up dorms/residential areas for their employees, making rent prices barely affordable for the normal working Filipino. Even I felt it. More @Wikipedia
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