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The peso has weakened in recent months due to the graft controversy surrounding how public funds meant for flood-control infrastructure allegedly went toward substandard or nonexistent projects.

Tenants who want to leave can give two months' notice, which the government says will prevent tenants paying rent for substandard properties.

The government says this will "end the injustice of tenants being trapped paying rent for substandard properties".

The NAO, which monitors how public money is spent, cited an "under-skilled workforce", businesses cutting corners and uncertainty over which standards to apply to which jobs, as some of the reasons for the substandard work.

But Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson said the whales would face similarly substandard treatment as "public entertainment" in the Chinese park, and denied Marineland's request.