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WORLD BIDS FAREWELL TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN Elizabeth II was laid to rest on Monday (early Tuesday in Manila), after a grand state funeral attended by leaders from around the world, and a historic last ceremonial journey through the packed streets of London.
The longest-serving monarch in British history died aged 96 at Balmoral, her Scottish Highland retreat, on Sept. 8 after a year of declining health. The last state funeral to be held in Britain was in 1965 for the coun-
try’s wartime prime minister Winston Churchill. Then, the cranes that once unloaded the spoils of Britain’s vast empire that Elizabeth inherited were lowered in Next page
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walk behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as they leave Westminster Abbey in London after the State Funeral Service on Sept. 19. The United Kingdom’s longest-reigning monarch was later interred at Windsor Castle. AFP
PBBM rallies Filipinos in US
Calls on them to help revitalize PH and have faith in its bright future By Vito Barcelo, Vince Lopez, and Maricel Cruz
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RESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. rallied members of the Filipino community in the US to do their part – through tourism receipts and investments – in helping the economy recover amid the lingering pandemic, even as he assured them that the “future looks bright” with his administration’s development plan.
THANKING OFWS. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. waves to overseas Filipino workers and other kababayan who filled the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Monday morning (Manila time). Mr. Marcos, Speaker Martin Romualdez, and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (inset) thanked them all ‘for their skill and caring Filipino brand.’ Presidential Photo
Pres. Marcos hoping to hold bilateral meeting with Biden By Vince Lopez PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he is hoping to hold a bilateral meeting with US President Joseph Biden on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. “I am hoping to be able to meet President Joseph Biden and other world leaders on the sides of the UN General As-
AT LEAST 46 percent or nearly half of adult Filipinos are optimistic that their quality of life will improve in the next 12 months despite the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, a Social Weather Stations survey showed. The SWS poll, conducted on June 26
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sembly. Aside from President Biden, I think we will be able to meet with some other heads of state and as I said some heads of big companies,” Mr. Marcos said in a speech before members of the Filipino community in New Jersey on Sunday (Monday in Manila). “After all, our bilateral alliance with the United States is possibly as important a policy as there is in the Next page
SWS survey: Nearly half of Pinoys see life improve in next 12 months By Vito Barcelo
“As we continue to search for more solutions to revitalize our beloved country, it is not the time to look back at the past. It is now time to look to the future. And the future looks bright. The economy we expect to grow by six and a half to seven and a half percent this year,” Mr. Marcos said in his speech at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Monday morning (Manila time). “We must keep the momentum going...To our kababayans here in New York, here in the United States, and to our kababayans all over the world, you will still play a very critical role in the economic transformation of our country.
to 29 and the last under the administration of then-President Rodrigo Duterte, used face-to-face interviews of 1,500 Filipino adults nationwide. The survey results also showed 40 percent of the respondents saying their quality of life will stay the sa me, and 4 percent fear it Next page
Comelec to pick new Maguindanao officials THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to release within the week its legal opinion on who should govern Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur after a plebiscite supported a division of the entire province into two, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said Monday. In a radio interview, Garcia said they were refraining from giving their opinion on the “very sensitive” matter as they wanted to focus first on the Maguindanao plebiscite held on Saturday. “What I can assure you is that the current governor is Next page
TAKING A BREAK. A gasoline worker gets a respite at a gasoline station in Makati City on Monday. Pump prices are expected to go down P4.15/liter for diesel and P4.45/liter for kerosene today. Danny Pata
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Price cuts on kerosene, diesel, but gas unchanged By Alena Mae S. Flores THE country’s oil firms rolled back diesel and kerosene prices by more than P4 per liter effective 6 a.m. Tuesday to reflect the movement of prices in the world market.
Acosta named acting CEO of Pag-Ibig Fund IN A letter released by Malacañang on Monday, Marilene C. Acosta has been appointed as acting Chief Executive Officer of Pag-IBIG Fund, succeeding Acmad Rizaldy P. Moti as head of the country’s leading home Next page
This is the third consecutive week of rollbacks for diesel and kerosene. However, local firms did not move gasoline prices this week. “Petron will implement the following price adjustments effective 6 a.m. on Sep 20: No movement for
gasoline; P4.15 per liter rollback for diesel, and P4.45 per liter rollback for kerosene. These ref lect movements in the international oil market,” the country’s leading oil company said in its advisory. Next page
US leader believes pandemic over, but local expert says not in PH yet US PRESIDENT Joe Biden said in a television interview aired Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is over. With COVID restrictions largely eliminated in the country and travel having rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, the comments were reflective of the current status of much of US society. “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it... but the pandem-
ic is over,” Biden told the CBS news program “60 Minutes” in an interview taped as he walked the floor of the Detroit Auto Show last week. “If you notice, no one’s wearing masks,” Biden said, gesturing around the hall. “Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape. And so I think it’s changing.” Biden’s optimism stood in sharp contrast to the cautious view held by an expert in infectious diseases Next page