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‘BBM can do better in foreign policy’

President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has the opportunity to immediately establish that he is different from his predecessor in the critical areas of foreign policy...

Crises

"BBM can scare the daylights out of the rapacious rice merchants" Two major crises are sweeping through the Philippines right now—a food crisis and an...

Selling optimism

"The coming administration will be incredibly optimistic." One thing about the incoming Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (or BBM) presidency, it will be incorrigibly optimistic. BBM comes...

Bankers, exporters welcome Marcos choice of economic team

Bankers and exporters on Friday welcomed the composition of the economic team announced by the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The Bankers Association...

Marcos sets independent foreign policy: friends to all, enemy to none

President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday laid down the foreign policy of his incoming administration, vowing the country’s direction would be independent as...

BBM’s focus

"It was a proud moment for the Marcos family." Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr.,64, is the 17th president of the Philippines. That became reality at half...

Gov’t allots record P5.3-T budget for BBM in ’23 or 22.1% of GDP

The incoming administration of presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will have a full-year budget of P5.268 trillion to spend in 2023, Department of...

BBM’s 7 major problems

"We now go to what to expect from a Bongbong Marcos presidency." Marcos Jr. has seven major challenges: • Jobs. 3 million a year. • Food shortages •...

Starting things the right way

"A healthy democracy needs a genuine opposition." When it became apparent that a massive victory was at hand, BBM issued a statement to the whole...

‘I will hit the ground running’

Marcos sets pace of governance, defines critical areas to prioritize Presumptive President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. vowed to hit the ground running in addressing the...

Sara named Education secretary, first appointee to Cabinet post

Presumptive president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said his first appointee will be that of his running mate, vice president-apparent Sara Duterte-Carpio, as Education Secretary. Marcos...

Observers see policy continuity under BBM

Local business leaders and foreign observers were one in saying Wednesday they expected a smooth transition and policy continuity from President Rodrigo Duterte to...

The morning after

Let’s hope BBM uses his huge political capital well. We just went through another milestone last Monday when the country went to the polls to...

The big question in anti-Marcos voters’ minds

" Has VP Robredo been the victim of a one-two boxing-style combination? " The results of the first 2022 voter-preference survey – 55 percent of...
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