THE United States, one of the Philippines’ closest allies, was the first nation to congratulate Filipinos for the successful conduct of the recently concluded national and local polls.

“I congratulate the Filipinos on their exercise of democracy. It reminds the world that PH is such an open & healthy democratic system,” read US Ambassador to Manila Philip Goldberg’s post Tuesday night on Twitter.

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