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Last Oct. 30, 2023, my family and I trooped to the Las Piñas City National Science High School in Talon Dos to cast our votes for the Barangay and SK Elections. I was joined by my wife Cynthia and my children Mark, Paolo and Camille. The voting went smoothly and I would like to congratulate all the teachers and other election officials and workers who made our exercise of suffrage sans any suffering.

It looks like the fourth-quarter consumer spending will keep the Philippine economy afloat this year, based on increased mobility and hectic commercial activities in Metro Manila and other urban centers in October and early part of November.

Filipinos have a tendency to adopt a tradition and make it their own by incorporating their own cultural twists. For instance, Undas—those two days that include Todos Los Santos or All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day or Araw ng Kaluluwa—was borne out of our deep Catholic tradition but the way we celebrate it over the years has become distinctly Filipino.