How will Ferdinand Marcos Jr lead the Philippines?

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6 months ago

July 26, 2022

Omer Kablan

Ferdinand Marcos Jr is the son of a Phillipines ruler who was overthrown 36 years ago after a popular uprising and now as the President, he has promised unity and a better future for the country.

Marcos Jr won the recent election by a landslide.

He thanked his voters for giving him quote “the biggest electoral mandate in the history of Philippine democracy”.

The elder Ferdinand Marcos ruled for two decades from the mid 1960’s onwards, half of which was under martial law.

During his reign thousands of his opponents were jailed, killed or had disappeared.

And the family name became one linked to cronyism, an extravagant lifestyle and embezzlement.

The Marcos family denies any form of embezzlement or fraud.

And Marcos Jr says he’s here to lead the country to the future and not dwell on the past

But he did defend his father’s legacy and has praised him.

Marcos campaigned on the slogan “together, we shall rise again”

And has vowed to deliver jobs and bring down prices in a country of 110 million people, of whom nearly %25 percent live on less than $2 a day.

But he does have his critics.

Whether you like him or not, he is now the most important political figure in the Philippines.

And can lead the country in the direction he promises or towards what his family name still implies for many in the country.

New York Stock Exchange in free fall

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1 day ago

January 27, 2023

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Human error sends the New York Stock Exchange tumbling

We’ve all made mistakes at the office from time to time, but spare a thought for one worker who may have single-handedly brought down the New York Stock Exchange with just one tiny error.

The mistake of one employee has wiped billions of dollars off the charts for some of the globe’s largest companies.

The individual reportedly triggered wild swings and volatility on the New York Stock Exchange.

A number of big brand names were caught up in the catastrophe. It included McDonald’s, Walmart, and Mobil.

The NYSE eventually came clean. Officials admitted the“root cause” of the screw-up was a “manual error” from a staff member in the backup data centre.

The employee accidentally left the system running.

That’s why some stocks behaved as if trading had already started, with no opening prices being set, sending the market into a meltdown. #trending #featured

Sport

Bombshell pro-Russian video emerges from Australian Open

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1 day ago

January 27, 2023

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A bombshell video has emerged of the father of tennis star Novak Djokovic, amplifying the Russian controversy the Australian Open

Djokovic’s father was seen posing for pictures with a group of Putin supporters after his son won against Russia’s Andrey Rublev, to qualify for his 10th semi-final.

Russian flags have been banned from the Australian Open, but that didn’t stop one fan.

A man was seen holding a Russian flag with Putin’s face on it and wearing a t-shirt with the pro-war ‘Z’ symbol on it.

Four spectators were questioned by police and evicted from Melbourne Park.

After losing her semi-final, Belarusian Viktoria Azarenka hit back at media when pressed on tennis’ relationship with Russia’s war on Ukraine.

She told reporters incidents like Novak’s father posing with Russian fans have nothing to do with players.

World

FBI Director discusses classified documents as U.S. lawmakers demand answers

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1 day ago

January 27, 2023

Veronica Dudo

Bipartisan outrage on Capitol Hill as politicians say the Biden administration is stonewalling their quest for answers

FBI Director Christopher Wray is speaking out for the first time after several batches of classified documents were discovered in U.S. President Joe Biden’s Wilmington home and Washington think tank office.

On Thursday, Wray urged lawmakers and officials to be “conscious of the rules” when dealing with classified documents.

The statements appear to be a veiled criticism of President Biden after news broke that some of the classified papers in the President’s possession date back 14-years ago to when Biden was a Delaware Senator raising questions if this is a pattern for the president to mishandle classified information.

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, there is bipartisan outrage as lawmakers say the Biden administration is stonewalling them in their quest for answers.

Currently, both Biden and former President Donald Trump are facing special counsel investigations into their mishandling of classified documents—and just this week, former Vice President Mike Pence turned over classified documents to the DOJ.