The Philippine government has reacted negatively to a report by the security consultancy FTI-International Risk that the country has overtaken Indonesia and Thailand as facing the greatest threat from terrorism. "It's a matter of perception," President Benigno Aquino III's spokesman, Edwin Lacierda told reporters in discussing the report at a regular televised briefing. "We disagree that we have overtaken Indonesia or Southern Thailand."
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The Philippine government has reacted negatively to a report by the security consultancy FTI-International Risk that the country has overtaken Indonesia and Thailand as facing the greatest threat from terrorism. "It's a matter of perception," President Benigno Aquino III's spokesman, Edwin Lacierda told reporters in discussing the report at a regular televised briefing. "We disagree that we have overtaken Indonesia or Southern Thailand."
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