that is the challenge in the philippines in hilton politics. we have a saying, it's easy to run and when the more difficult part is governing. so marcus junior is transitioning from marcus jr, the candidate to marcus junior, ah, the ruler or the governor. so this means that he set up it for himself, high expectations by making all those glimmering promises of lower rice prizes of jobs infrastructure. and the philippine economy is in heavy decline. we. we had the steepest decline in southeast asia. and guess what? the, the, i'll going to 3rd administration is already saying that the only way to recover is new taxes. so that's going to be a challenge for margaret junior. okay, well we have to take a short break professor for the time being, but we'll be back to this fascinating discussion in just a few moments. ah ah ah, in east hunter, russian state, i never, i've stayed on the north lampkin give us a house for a group in the 55 when. okay, so 9 is 2 times dealing with we will van in the european union, the kremlin media machine, the state on rus

that is the challenge in the philippines in filthy politics. we have a saying, it's easy to run and when the more difficult parties governing. so marcus jr is transitioning from marcus junior. the candidate to mark was junior the ruler or the governor. so this means that he set up it for himself, high expectations by making all those glimmering promises of lower rice prizes of jobs, of infrastructure. and the philippine economy is in heavy decline. we. we had the steepest decline in southeast asia. and guess what? the, the outgoing, the 3rd administration is already saying that the only way to recover is new taxes . so that's going to be a challenge for markets junior. okay, well we have to take a short break professor for the time being, but we'll be back to this fascinating discussion in just a few moments session. ah, how ah what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy, even foundation, let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy wil

in the philippines. we don't have anything of that sort so much to document the horrors of martial in our textbooks in our street. we only have it in our memories. and when you have that combined with just information campaign, you see memory is a faulty thing. it's easy to reconstruct, it's easy to rewrite and therefore that's where you have no market junior coming in with his own. you narrative of a rebranding of the market name and what he promises as a campaign and as a banner of unity for the country. but then you also had the same bung macos junior going up against and you know, bred his challenger in this election in 2016 and him losing in the vice presidential race. so clearly there are a number of people in the philippines who can potentially see through this sort of white washing. i mean, what is it about this for up people in the philippines, not democracy minded. i think there's also what we have to understand about the psyche of the philippines voter, you know, how we say voters, the board wh

what does it say about the aspirations of philippine of voters? well, we're, we did not just elect a president in a vice president coming from 2 of the most powerful political families in the philippines. but they were elected, overwhelming weight with the majority mandate of the latest count is that of both of them almost got around 58 percent of the vote. and in our system we don't have a run of elections that assures a majority mandate. we only have a plurality system, so is the 1st time that a president and a vice president has been elected by a majority since democracy was restored in 1086. and for that majority mandate to be earned by 2 children of a former president may said, really an astounding electoral outcome. it seems like the majority has spoken, but we know that as you have said, this electoral campaign has been very polarizing and pop. say at the very least you mentioned that it's quite a sounding. it's as founding, not only because of the solid numbers that they got and it's, it's pretty remarkable in this day and age for an approv

in the philippines in the region, over this case. well professor, i agree with the rental history and known, say quite a few public figures from nelson mandela to, nor random audi who were once banned from entering the united states. and once washington found some political expediency, those restrictions were lifted. but i think there is, there is a difficulty in this particular case or in, in that it's simply so massive. i'm in the, the marker senior regime was accused of such atrocities that forgetting about those alighted crimes. at this point of time, i may not reflect very well on the, on the united states and divide an administration which supposedly places human rights concerns at the, at the center of its policies. i understand that the mark assembly may well from that decision producing the united states politically can afford to do that. the false, the factor that needs to be monitored here also is u. s. domestic politics. we know that bite and will be up for reelection. and that the democrats hold on on both houses of thei

that is the challenge in the philippines, in silk in politics. we have a saying, it's easy to run and when the more difficult part is brainy. so marcus jr is transitioning from mart cuz junior, the candidate to mark was junior, the ruler or the governor. so this means that he set up it for himself high expectations by making all those glimmering promises of lower rice prices of jobs, of infrastructure. and the fielding economy is in heavy decline. we, we had the steepest decline in southeast asia. and guess what? the, the, i'll going to charge administration is already saying that the only way to recover is new taxes. so that's going to be a challenge for margaret junior. okay, well we have to take a short break professor for the time being, but we'll be back to this fascinating discussion in just a few moments. ah, mm. mm hm. since the break away, but don't it's people's republic. woo has been ranging and don't boss. ukrainian artillery has been showing civilian, townsend, mining, villages, or more lawfully deal with hoarding fluid with global sc

hmm between the philippines and china about ownership. uh country to the territory of the south china sea. about transferring it to international arbitration. and when this repeat was delivered. it was handed down to me in favor of china until the cake did not insist. uh, no way to enforce this decision. e, especially since you teach the chances. uh sharp china's negative reaction to its execution was not, but in the salon way, on the contrary search. uh, seeking agreement with china and some kind of cooperation with it, primarily in the infrastructural development of the philippines, but i must say that this line ultimately did not give the desired result, and uh, moreover, uh, because i tried to accompany the line. we have a rapprochement with china with some distancing of the united states, up to the cancellation of the agreement that was concluded between the us and the philippines after the evacuation. uh, military military bass e the us with the philippines agreement here is the so -called visiting forces in fact. this is an agreemen

hmm between the philippines and china over ownership. uh, countries to the territory can be the china sea, and oh uh, transferring it to international arbitration. and when this repeat was delivered. it was rendered in favor. china did not insist on the cake. e hmm no way to enforce this decision. e, especially since you teach the chances. uh, china's sharply negative reaction to his execution was not, but embarked on the opposite search path. eh, seeking agreement with china and some e options for cooperation with it, primarily in the infrastructural development of the philippines but it must be said that this line ultimately did not give the desired result, and uh, moreover, uh, because he tried to draw a line. we are closer with china by some distancing from the united states, up to and including the annulment of the agreement that was concluded between the united states and the philippines after the evacuation. uh, the us military pass with the philippines agreement here is the so-called visiting forces actually. this is an agreement

the philippines used to know, actually this one's better. this is just the sad state of the world in general with the rise of all right. authoritarian populace to territory bung bung. trump brags that la la, or ben modi both so narrow. so listing leader is right, that seemed to represent this sort of deepening divide. richard, what can you share with us about the geopolitical implications? what might marcus juniors rule actually look like if he does? in fact, when yeah, i mean the philippines is now actually kind of open system, right. i was quite shocking, an interview with the spokesman of the commission elections of years back to know that we don't really have a kind of a real boss mechanisms to make sure that there is no foreign interference in our elections and, and the concern over for inter for instance, specially by authority in super powers, by china, russia, among others, has been something mentioned by a lot of experts all but you know, we don't have a smoking gun because we don't really have a clear supervision of what's happening

we have journalist on a santos, usually based in the philippines. joining us. it's great to have you in the studio . thanks very much for having me. melissa. so anna, i'm wondering, are people's memories short or is all forgiven with the marco's regime, that we have this situation. i wouldn't say that all is forgiven, but more that a lot of history has been white washed and scrubbed clean. we can see the massive disinformation and historical revisionism that the market has have invested in. this has been really well documented by both international press like the washington post and d, w as well and domestic outlets. they have been using tick tock, you tube, and really setting a new narrative of what the marcus years were like in the seventy's. so marshal law era is now being set to music and punched up with emoji, and really softened up as like this golden era of philippine history, white washing all of the human rights atrocities, and the massive corruption of the marcus's during those years. and of course, the 1980s, the 1970s. it was a long time ago. you hav

the philippines is a u. s. street the are low, but monday president of the 30, it has been acting like, not an ally at all. right. much my alley of china and the war is that a bond markets becomes the next president. he referred to killed the country in the direction of trying to add the expense of our traditional lines, this with america. now that is warning for a lot of us because we actually up territorial disputes. we china, not with the americans, while i regret the opposition county that has emphasized the importance of revitalizing our alliance. this with the west and fellow democrats nations. so did you, what legal or also extremely high. and there are many power, suave, also stake in who becomes the next president of the philippines. you know, it's interesting, we have a comment that was sent to us and you really laid it out there in terms of what's at stake for the world. sort of brought out the conversation. let us know what dr. jose ramon albert had to share with us. he had some deep insight. some

as the philippines has been battered by the pandemic and a deep recession. now, after more than 2 years of lockdown, so people are returning to their everyday lives. the economy is expected to outpace that of its neighbors. but they are serious challenges to achieving a robust recovery. inflation is rising and government debt is high. all eyes and now on the new president economic policies for a san marcos, junior, the son and name sake of a controversial former president is set to leave the country for the next 6 years. that would mark the return of his family to power 36 years after they were ousted by a popular revolution. their supporters say the period saw a lot of progress on the infrastructure level. critics accuse them of corruption and a government commission is still running after billions worth of ill gotten wealth, allegedly accumulated by the macos. sammy la marcos is running, made for vice president, is sarah deterred a copy of the daughter of the outgoing liter rodrigo to 30 and many of her supporters have voted to see a continuation of her fa

ah, this is d, w use live from but then the son of a dictator is said to become the philippines. next president, ferdinand bank or junior, appears to have won a landslide victory alongside his daughter. the daughter of the outgoing hotline leader as his vice president, summary, what there, which means for democracy. prolonged as prime minister, resigned amid a crippling economic crisis, began to rush upon to steps down as mass protests turn dead late. but his brother, the president clings to power, demonstrated say they won't give up. brushing cruise missiles hit the ukrainian port of odessa. ukraine says ballrooms have destroyed buildings as a top b u official visits. the strategic city and germany, foreign minister travels to ukraine to see the devastation. ah, i've been visible and nice to have you alone. voters in the philippines appeared to have elected the son of the countries for me to take her as president. early results from monday's election, so ferdinand mark was junior, known as bone bone is on track to win more than twice as many boats as his main rival protest is dem

and he's joining us from the philippine co capital manila. looks like a once an imaginable, a return to rule for the mark was family, have young voters giving them a clean slate and a lot, i think what it has happened here in the philippines is truly is troy. the risk return of the mockers dusty. and if you wonder how did that happen? well, the answer is that marco's simply appealed to particularly young voters. voters who don't remember the, the, the system are under the dictatorship, the crimes that were committed back. then had the question of why that is the case is twofold, on the one. and there are simply ever since the marcos were ousted some 40 years ago from the philippines, there is no culture off of memory memorizing the events. so how things were on the dictatorship and also there's been a social media campaign, basically had to whitewash those dark days in the philippines. judge me not by my ancestors, but by my actions. what exactly is he promising the people that voted for him? well you've made through quite big promises are on

the son of this former dictator is going to be the next president of the philippines. we've just heard from some voices now, but could you explain to was a bit more why so many people are willing to give the macos family and then name another chance in the philippines. well, there are various reasons for that, but one been always a sizable portion of the philippine population that continued to support. the market says even after $986.00 when ferdinand marcos was deposed. so you have those people and for them the market says it might have taken a break when they went to exile, but they never really left a political scene. as you mentioned earlier, the marcus's were allowed to allow to apply public positions. and really in the last decade they were really able to, you develop their patronage networks, they were able to develop their media campaigns. and in so doing, they were able to chart the way to restore a marcus again in power and the presidential palace in milan. and young, it also has to be said that there is a sizable portion of the population that also feels like

the son of former philippines dictate of ferdinand marcus is set to become the country's next leader . after a presidential election, vote counting shows ferdinand michael studio has received more than twice as many ballots as his main rival, many brutal protests is full of water. michael's presidency will mean for the philippines demonstrated outside the offices of the election authorities in the capital. manila marcus junior is expected to continue with the hard line approach of his predecessor outgoing president, brought reader to tanti. ah, late on monday, the name of the presidential election winner was clear. ah, shouts rang out for a b, b. m. the nickname for ferdinand bung bung. marcus junior. as news of the election results spread, his supporters took to the streets to celebrate. ah, the candidates himself reached out to his supporters. i want to thank you for all you have done for us. there are thousands of you out there, volunteers parallel groups. political leaders that have cached their lot with us because of their belief in our message of unity because of their belief i

non elections in the philippines in the past can sometimes be march. my political violence and that has happened in this as well. on sunday though, police said that the recorded incidents of poll related violence is far fewer than in the 2016 poles. and also in the mid term elections in 2019 and on this morning we've also received reports of 3 people being shot dead in a southern province in the philippines, in an election related crime. lawrence, thank you very much and that's florence lou, bring us up to date from the capital manella there for more than this. we're going to be joined by richard handout and he's a political scientist. he's joining us from another very good to have you with us on the al jazeera. i want to talk to you about the, the marcus campaign, the macos family, as is known for having been linked to human rights abuses and, and corruption in the past. and the campaign has been accused of essentially re writing history, and yet, macos further than law has junior does seem to be doing well in the polls. why is it the people in the ph

well d, w asia correspondent gail motus is in the philippines. he told me more about why voters seemed unconcerned about restoring a member of the macos family to pow a non markers. junior appeals to a particularly young audience, an audience that simply does not remember of the atrocities, the killings, the corruption of the regime, of the father of the president that is most likely going to to make this race here. president markers junior. and the reason for that, experts have taught me are to fault on the one hand it ever since the family was ousted. as you have said some 40 years ago, there are simply be that the memory of that iraq, that dictatorship was not kept alive. and secondly, you had a huge media social media campaign, white watching the history of that was basically in favor of my costume. you're now right. and so does the philippines know what to expect from bump bump presidency? like we've seen in the required a lot of promises were made air, but also no specifics given what is actually going to happen. so he wants to a boosted cho

in the name of the philippines _ are becoming known. . in the name of the philippines that you - of the philippines that you will love, we need to listen because _ will love, we need to listen because in the end, there is only— because in the end, there is only one _ because in the end, there is only one country that we serve. that _ only one country that we serve. that was — only one country that we serve. that was leni robredo speaking there and certainly trying to send a message out to her supporters, i think, send a message out to her supporters, ithink, to send a message out to her supporters, i think, to say it's time for it is to heal and, indeed, the next leader of this country will have to do that. it's been a hugely divisive election, really heated campaign and healing the philippines for the next president will be a key power to going forward.— to going forward. yes, and a challenge- — to going forward. yes, and a challenge. karishma, - to going forward. yes, and a challenge. karishma, thankl to going forward. yes, and a i cha

we got the philippine composite index. as down at one state, three and a half, 4% and we have made a recovery appeared we are at 2.1% currently in the red. that particular market, that particular industry group had really been dragging things down, so there we go. you are right in the heart of things in manila. haslinda: well, that's right. i mean, a resounding victory, in fact better than what is expected, better than what was expected from the surveys. more than 90% of votes counted, he secured more than 30 million votes. that is more than double by the way what was secured by his closest rival. and if you make a comparison with president, whom people say was the most popular president of all time in the philippines, he has done way better than him. double what he got as well. so eight resounding endorsement of marcos. marcos back in the philippines for the next six years at least. now, the question really is what happens. what policies will be adopted? we know marcos wanted to see some clarity in the service economy. get

in the name of the philippines that you all love, we need to listen. country that we serve. leni there, so not quite a concession speech, but certainly an indication of the fact that she wants her supporters to respect the vote, the partial and unofficial counts that we have seen here today, i have to tell you, they typically are pretty reliable in terms of the way they signal who indeed will be the eventual winner, but a very divisive and heated campaign here in the philippines, and one that looks set to continue in terms of the discussion over the results of the coming days. that is it from us and manella for now. back to my colleague in singapore. correction i will be joining correction i will bejoining us throughout the morning, so do join us for that if you can. —— karishma will bejoining us throughout the morning, so do join us for that if you can. on monday, all eyes were on moscow, and the much anticipated speech from vladimir putin in red square. the russian leader addressed the huge victory day military parade, saying russian troops fighting h

barbara, visited keith to day promising more economic and more military support plus victory in the philippines for the man who wants to be judged by his actions, not by his family history, ferdinand marco's junior, the son of the late dictator, he said, to become the philippines next president after a landslide victory and standing in for his mother, the prince of wales assumes the role of the queen. upon doctor's orders. ah, i regard to our viewers watching a p b as in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome. the diplomatic rift between germany and ukraine appears to be healing somewhat with a visit today by germany's foreign minister bundling a bare bach is the 1st cabinet member to travel to ukraine. since russia invaded the country back in february, and germany faces criticism for many things, for its initial reluctance to provide heavy weaponry and for its reliance on russian fuels, thereby use today's visit to dispel doubts and to witness firsthand what russian forces have left behind. she's on a difficult mission. german foreign minister emily in a bare bach visited

germany is committed to helping ukraine green russian war criminals to justice and victory in the philippines for the man who wants to be judged by his actions and not by his family history. ferdinand markers, junior, the son of the late dictator said to become the philippines next president after a landslide, victory. and at standing in for his mother, the prince of wales assumed the role of the queen. on doctor's orders, ah, i'm burned. gov is good to have you with us on this tuesday. the diplomatic rift between germany and ukraine could be healing somewhat with a visit today by germany's foreign minister on the lena bear. bach is the 1st cabinet minister to travel to ukraine. since russia invaded the country back in february to criticize for its initial reluctance to provide heavy weaponry and its reliance on russian fuels, burbock used the visit to make assurances on both trots and to witness 1st hand. the damage wrought by russian forces. she's on a difficult mission. german foreign minister emily in a bare voc visited butcher tuesday morning, accompanied by reporters insecurity guards.

i'm sure the philippines alex, what about the relationship with china? will he like to take a pursue investments with china? because detaches overtures to beijing had somewhat mixed results. yeah, i mean that leaving aside the kind of private comes of going to china for investment and, and other business links. i mean, it's not necessarily a given the china where before coming with investment and the future from 2016, 17, when to a power is very different. now china has wrote back a lot of it for an investment. traces about road initiative is, has been robot quite a lot and it's dealing with it. keep crises of its own outbreaks is not necessarily the case that the china would be willing to then money with conditions to the philippines. so focusing on china, the results. right. and also a great relationship with china would come at the cost of props as has been closed with the u. s. am which the philippines had was great indeed, and surveys have shown that filipinos are somewhat so very mistrustful of beijing, if not china. what about securing other forei

a big day for the philippines. mariko, it's been about an hour since polls have opened here. i'm sure you can see the buzz of activity at this polling station. it usually an elementary school in a normal day. i hope i got the pronunciation right. but today, it's been transformed into one of the biggest polling stations in the city. we've been told that some 32,000 voters will make their way through here throughout the day from the early morning when the polls open, to late into the evening, when close close, around seven p:m.. people have a lot of positions to choose for. some 18,000 position to president to count counsellor. make sure you've made up your mind before you've made up your mind before you get there, get through the queue quickly and someone else can go through. this is also taking place against the backdrop of the pandemic, the protocols are in place. there is a medical team to ensure anybody with a temperature of 37.5 degrees is taken to an isolation unit if they display any symptoms, and they'll be l

and it remains at one of the poorest regions in the philippines. if that is what we're going by then, i don't know if he has what it takes to run of the entire philippine economy canal them along. thank you for your assessment. their european leaders have so far failed to reach an agreement on an import band on russian oil. here's more on what a european energy embargo would mean for russia. state budget hooton's woe test is supposed to shrink under the current sanctions. but there is the problem. the iron revenues are higher than they've been for ages. that's because of the rise in oil and gas prices. but if you take a closer look, you will see not oh, is equal as immune season with russian oil is a political hot potato right now under skipped us on demand for oil from other sources is growing rapidly because people are worried about getting burned by russian oil smith up in british many countries want to drop prussian oil. germany plans to stop in ports by the end of the year. the e u is negotiating for that too. and the u. s. as pulling out as we

and i'm coming to you from the _ big day for the philippines. i'm coming to you from the elementary school in manila on a typical day. today it's been transformed into one of the biggest polling stations in the city. some of the boulders have just streamed in behind me. —— the voters. it's an enormous selection. more than 18 thousand votes are what people are going to have to choose for today. people are going to have to choose fortoday. because people are going to have to choose for today. because of the number of posts, voters have been told to make up posts, voters have been told to make up their minds before they get here. when they do get here, there's no complication or confusion. you get in, make your vote and get out. this is happening against the pandemic as well. the elections are being held in the post pandemic era. there's a lot of protocols to ensure they are held safely. there's a medical team outside to check for anybody displaying symptoms of covid, and anybody who has a fever or temperature of over verse 37 and a half celsius is

it seems that the marcos family is coming back to power in the philippines. ishma vaswani is in manila. my my colleague has been following the elections very closely. yeah, you were just talking about that very expensive dress of marilyn monroe's, and who could forget when we talk about the marcos family, imelda marcos and her very expensive collection of designer shoes, and its remarkable, you know, given the fact that this family has had such a torrid history in the philippines that today, 36 years after huge street protests in the philippines, overthrowing ferdinand marcos, i remember those as a child because it really set a precedent for how protest movements across southeast asia with then subsequently take place, but today, almost four decades from that moment, we have another marcos set to take power in the philippines. for the supporters of bongbong marcosjunior this is a hugely significant victory, but for those who did not vote for him, many people will feel sorely disappointed today. what they would hope to see was a difference in the philippines go

i know you are well—known in the philippines. the concerns being raised now. could that be in regards to the integrity of the election. 65 million eligible voters. we are talking — million eligible voters. we are talking about tens of thousands of machines. electro machines. it is _ of machines. electro machines. it is not — of machines. electro machines. it is not totally out of the curve _ it is not totally out of the curve but the prop is we are in a very— curve but the prop is we are in a very polarised political environment. even before the elections _ environment. even before the elections we saw different camps _ elections we saw different camps casting aspersions on the integrity— camps casting aspersions on the integrity of elections. reports about— integrity of elections. reports about valets showing up. the media — about valets showing up. the media already voted weeks earlien _ media already voted weeks earlier. there were reports that— earlier. there were reports that some of the ballots were missing — that some of the ballots were missing names,

on monday, the philippines will elect a new president for the past 6 years. the country of 110000000 has been led by rodrigo, do territory. and authoritarian who has incited violence against journalists who dared to criticize his policies such as his so called war on drugs. and the thousands of filipinos killed as a result. do tear k is not running. the constitutional limits press that's to one term in office. but monday's vote is partly a referendum on his legacy. it is also an appraisal of his idle ferdinand, marco's the dictator who ruled the archipelago for 2 decades until the mid 19 eighties. because the front runner is ferdinand marco's junior and to tear to his daughter is running for vice president. thanks to a social media strategy that majors and disinformation. marcos junior as a head in the pause, leading many filipinos to fear what might be in store for their freedoms. starting with what remains of freedom of the press. our starting point this week is the capital manila, the for anyone on the outside looking at tracking the presidential election

the china would be willing to, to lend money with conditions to the philippines. so focusing on china, the old results. right. and. ringback a great relationship with china would come, the cost of props has been closed with the u. s. which could have been type of great links indeed. and surveys have shown that filipinos are somewhat still very mistrustful of beijing, if not china. what about securing other foreign investments? given his some is complicated pass, i mean, do you think for an investors will want to engage with it? yeah, i mean it's, as i mentioned earlier it's, it's all about improving the business environment. so improving the laws and means the. ready business and printing in structure and political stability. i suppose the the part where marcos is perhaps weakest on the political stability. given the hangups attached to his his name and the fact that his vice president is the daughter of the current president. investors are going to still be concerned about poor governance. thank you so much for your insight. thank you. alex holmes, joining us ther

shore, the son of a dictator ferdinand mark gross junior said to become the next president of the philippines. the man also known as bong bong, takes an unassailable lead with twice as many votes as his nearest rival. but some warri, what his wind will mean for the country. pass through lancaster prime minister resigned amid worsening unrest by hinder roger puck says he'll stick down after weeks of mass protest turn deeply. his resignation was a key demand of protest is to blame him for the country's economic crisis. ah, i'm jared ray. thank you for your company. the u. s. president has revived a world war 2 era program to speed up with in shipments to ukraine. joe biden signed an updated version of the lendlease act, which was used to supply weapons to britain and its allies in their fight against nazi germany. he said that vladimir putin war and ukraine was once more bringing quite wanton destruction to europe. lawmakers from his governing democrats proposing nearly $40000000000.00 additional aid for you. crime. well, the signing of that deal happened on what was victory in europe day in fo

people in the philippines are voting for their next president. 10 candidates, a vine for that front job. at the front runner, find an on macos jr. cast his ballot earlier is the son of a former dictator. he's hoping to win a 6 year term launch. louis has more from appalling stations in the capital. manila voter turnout has usually been, has consistently been quite high in philippines. the elections usually around 80 percent is too soon to bring you those numbers that we have been seeing people queuing out at the police station even before polls were opened at 6 in the morning . i'm polls will stay open till 7 in the evening. those are longer hours than usual . the election commission says this is to accommodate cove at 19 safety measures. but they also said that people outside a polling stations past 7 pm. they will be allowed to vote beyond that time in those areas. more than 50 people have been killed in an attack by an armed group in the northeast of democratic republic of congo security forces. so the target was a camp for displaced people in chicago. and the province of rhetoric, o

the family of the former philippine dictator has worked steadily on his combat over the past decades and so hardened and marcus jr, could soon follow in his infamous father's footsteps. one reason for this, the ever widening gap between the rich and the poor in 2020, the philippines saw the worst recession in more than 50 years. g. d. p growth fell by almost 10 points. year on year. now the economy is slowly recovering in 2021 group by about $55.00 and a half percent compared to the disastrous year before. the huge, the important tourism sector has particularly been hips to date. many holiday makers are staying away. the results companies are shutting down, incomes dropping, unemployment and inflation have been rising sharply. in addition, the states debt has grown because of high cost to combat the pandemic. but there's hope here is more from d, w is janelle, dom allow is numbers or anything to go by. there's reason to be optimistic about the philippines economy. me a vaccinated. i re, a significant number of filipinos which is manifesting now. because we have a very low case counts

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