Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will deliver his annual state of the nation address amid a major corruption scandal he exposed the previous year. The speech comes against ongoing political tensions and related controversies.
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Philippine president to deliver key speech in the shadow of corruption scandal and political tension AP News
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is to deliver his annual state of the nation speech with a bleak backdrop of a major corruption scandal that he exposed last year but has implicated his key allies; his estranged vice president’s impeachment trial; and the global economic fallout from a resurgent war in Iran.