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Much of the media coverage of the inauguration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. described his speech as “hopeful.” These days, hope is probably the rarest commodity. The speech delivered it in abundance.

As they assume the nation’s highest posts, President Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte should emulate the Good Shepherd’s “listening leadership and life-giving leadership,” Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula said yesterday in a mass attended by the two leaders.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, congratulating President Marcos on his inauguration, is looking forward to what he describes as “good-neighborly friendship” between China and the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, is to be sworn in as Philippine president Thursday in one of history’s greatest political comebacks

A very simple barong in jusi with only geometric lines for president-elect Bongbong Marcos. A simply elegant terno with only a whisper of chiffon for first lady Lisa Araneta-Marcos.

I express my sincere congratulations to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on his inauguration as the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines.

The optic of president-elect BBM in a huddle with his well-received economic team is a powerful reminder that, however universal the approbation of his Cabinet choices, he remains to be the principal. Should the reins of control be loosened or tightened in any of his alter egos‘ spheres, it shall still happen as he decides.

The budget of the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could rise to about P6 trillion by 2025 if his government succeeds in growing the economy and raising revenues in its first three years.

MANILA (Reuters) — Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos met with a top U.S. official in Manila on Thursday, underscoring efforts to preserve an alliance strained by incumbent leader Rodrigo Dutertes animosity

"I'm taking whatever was said about the jersey, whether positive or negative, and I'm turning it into something bigger than me," he said.