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LEGAZPI CITY: Veteran lawmaker Edcel Lagman of Albay's 1st District said that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s silence over what he called a totalitarian government under his father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., was deafening.
THE United Nations General Assembly opened its 78th session in New York this week amid some of the gravest conflicts and crises of our times. These include the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on Feb. 22, 2022 as an extension of the Russo-Ukrainian war of 2014, the US-China conflict over the future of Taiwan, the climate crisis involving record-breaking temperatures and geophysical disasters, food shortages caused by low production and a spike in prices, and the effort of some governments to replace some old institutions with new ones, with the aim of rebalancing the global system.
FINANCE Secretary Benjamin Diokno's admission that neither he nor other economic managers were consulted by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on the rice price cap decision bolsters accounts that I have been receiving over the President's decision-making process. Unfortunately, they claim his decisions have been made haphazardly, and without consultation with his officials or other private advisers knowledgeable about the issue.
ON this special day, President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (BBM) is commemorating his 66th birthday. This occasion calls for a moment of reflection and celebration for the times that have passed and that are yet to come.
