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SBS News in Filipino, Monday 17 August 2026

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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. addresses members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) at a hotel in Manila. Image Credit: Noel B. Pabalate, PPA Pool via ABS-CBN News

Here are today's top stories on SBS Filipino.


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Here are today's top stories on SBS Filipino.


Key Points

  • New South Wales to become the first state to implement a gun buyback program, with costs possibly reaching hundreds of millions of dollars.
  • Australia’s federal government slows down the processing of working holiday visas.
  • In the Philippines, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expresses deep disappointment over the country’s slow economic growth.

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