imageMANILA: Philippine economic growth in the first quarter of 2014 was revised to 5.6 percent from 5.7 percent, the statistics board said on Wednesday.

The notice of a revision in the annual pace of growth was posted on the board's website.

Official data on Philippine second quarter GDP growth will be released on Thursday.

The domestic economy likely grew a seasonally adjusted 2.0 percent in April-June from the previous three months, according to a Reuters poll.

From a year earlier, the economy probably expanded at a 6.2 percent rate.

Manila is targeting growth of 6.5-7.5 percent this year.

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