A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that 44 percent of Filipinos believes that their quality of life will improve in the next 12 months. This yielded an optimism rate of a very high 39 percent.
Preparations for the June 30 inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. continued with 15,000 security forces set to be deployed, and the Manila Police District (MPD) vowing to enforce a strict gun ban in the city, and maximum tolerance on protesters.
Relatives, friends and former associates remember the late former president Benigno Aquino III on his first death anniversary.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. disclosed that the Philippine government has terminated all discussion on the possible joint exploration of the West Philippine Sea with China for gas, even as he assessed that the country did not surrender a single inch of its territory at sea during the Duterte administration.
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