JULY 1, 2022 marks the first working day of the nascent President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. administration. And it is heartening to witness such an administration early on propelling itself with nationalistic fervor.

"Never forget we are Filipinos. One nation. One republic. Indivisible," intoned President Marcos during his inaugural speech at the National Museum the day before. "We resisted. And never failed to defeat foreign attempts to break up our country in my father's watch in his first chapter of our history."

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