PH must be ready to adapt to policy shifts under Trump

The Philippines must be prepared for the policy shifts that US President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to implement once in office, according to Senate

Joel E. Zurbano & Ralph Harvey Rirao President Francis Escudero.

If Trump pushes through with his pronouncement to carry out the greatest mass deportation in US history, “then how many of the estimated 300,000 vulnerable Filipinos will be in the first wave of expulsion?” Escudero asked. “If the dollar will strengthen because of him, what effect will it have on us if it causes the peso to weaken? The value of our foreign debt will balloon.”

Marcos highlighted undocumented Filipinos at risk of mass deportation and stressed the urgency of preparing expanded reintegration programs, which would include skills training, livelihood support, and direct assistance for deportees from the Department of Social Welfare and Development , Department of Labor and Employment , and Department of Foreign Affairs .

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