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DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. is a huge liability for this government that is already imploding, stuck in a downward spiral of allegations of corruption involving billions of pesos, incompetence in managing the economy, and grand theft of taxpayers’ money that is even embedded in the national budget law. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should fire him, if only to lighten his burden. He should listen to the voices of over two dozen organizations of Philippine businesses — the country’s capitalist elite — that have issued statements saying Teodoro’s hostility toward China will pull down our country’s economy, already in near-crisis…
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