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Maharlika Wealth Fund: What's in it for the poor?

REPUBLIC SERVICE

BEFORE the headline topic, a late note about the December 4 column on the review of our defense alliance with the United States was rightly instructed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Along with immense geopolitical changes since the 1951 US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty, as discussed in the article, the other key and indeed life-and-death consideration is military capabilities and technologies.

A tugboat sails near a row of shanties on the banks of the Pasig River as high-rise buildings loom over them in Manila on Aug. 16, 2022. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN