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As the nation continues to grapple with a pandemic that has affected more than 406,000 Filipinos and has claimed the lives of more than 7,700, a cavalcade of typhoons and severe tropical storms have battered our country in a span of weeks.

The latest report on the economy showing a contraction of 11.5 percent in the third quarter is not at all surprising. Rather, the gross domestic product (GDP) figures simply tell us that the economy has bottomed out in the second quarter and that it has slowed down its descent in the succeeding three months.

Major TV networks in the US have projected that former Vice President Joseph Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. And while President Donald Trump has so far refused to concede as he exhausts legal remedies, world leaders have started sending their words of congratulations to the new leader of the United States. Our own President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has extended his “warm congratulations” to President-elect Biden on his victory.