A day after payday for most, parents flocked to Divisoria on Saturday for early back-to-school shopping. Nette Duhar brought P500 with her to buy five polo shirts for her son who is in high school.
MANILA, Philippines — What’s 50 centavos (US$0.01) worth? That‘s the back-to-school question of the year. For Sam Ferrer, a vendor in Divisoria, 50 centavos is their standard mark up for the notebooks ...