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President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr on Monday pledged that the Philippines would use diplomacy and be “a good neighbour” to other countries, but would not yield an inch of its territory. In his first State of the Nation address, he made wide-ranging promises, including tax and agriculture reforms, a faster infrastructure upgrade, and plans to turn his country into an investment destination. “On the area of foreign policy, I will not preside over any process that will abandon even a square inch of territory of the Republic of the Philippines to any foreign power,” said Marcos Jnr, to applause by lawmakers....
