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I have always talked about not giving up in the face of difficulties and failures. In this column, or when I have opportunities to talk to young people — in commencement exercises for instance — I always talk about the importance of perseverance. It is the second part of the sipag at tiyaga (hard work and perseverance) mantra that I developed at an early age. Tiyaga (perseverance) is an absolute essential in order to get your nilaga (stew).

The road to normalcy is getting closer and closer. The World Health Organization has recently declared an end to Covid-19 as a global public health emergency.

It was such an emphatic word to describe the relationship between the Philippines and the United States especially given the tensions in the region and the complicated past of the two nations’ bilateral relations. But this was how President Joseph Biden described his country’s commitment to the Philippines defense.