Saturday News Forum (April 20, 2024)

PH INTEREST. Bureau of Customs Assistant Commissioner Vincent Philip Maronilla, National Security Council Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya and De La Salle University geopolitical analyst and lecturer Don McLain Gill (from left) guest at the Saturday News Forum at Dapo Restaurant in Quezon City on April 20, 2024. Maronilla reported the BOC collection of PHP219.385 billion for the first quarter of 2024, with nearly PHP8.5 billion in surplus; while Malaya said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has the full support of the police and the military and echoed National Security Adviser Eduardo Año's appeal to Filipinos to stand their ground and reject narratives seeking to undermine national interest. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler)