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'Time to heal'. Inquirer Newsletter. November 9, 2020

NEW DAY Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris share the stage in Wilmington, in his home state of Delaware, after the media announced that Biden won the election over incumbent President Donald Trump. —REUTERS

News

Pinoys hope for change with Biden

While Filipino officials did not expect any major changes in the country’s relations with the United States with the election of former US vice president Joe Biden, many hope there will be substantial departures from the policies pursued by incumbent President Donald Trump. —STORY BY Ben O. de Vera

Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1358103/pinoys-hope-for-change-with-biden

World

Kamala Harris breaks barriers as next VP

WASHINGTON—Kamala Harris made history on Saturday with her election as Joe Biden's vice president, becoming the first woman, first person of color and first Asian American to win the second highest US office. —STORY BY REUTERS

Board Talk

Growth, resilience, shifts in consumer banking

Never has change been more pervasive and rapid than in the last seven months. The shifts in the way we lead our lives have been dramatic, that returning to our prepandemic ways seems unimaginable. —STORY BY Ginbee Go

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'Time to heal'

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE/WASHINGTON—President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” a deeply divided America in his first speech after winning in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede and pressed ahead with legal fights against the outcome.

Biden’s victory on Saturday in Pennsylvania put him over the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes he needed to clinch the presidency, ending four days of nail-biting suspense and sending his supporters into the streets of major cities in celebration.

“The people of this nation have spoken. They have delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory,” Biden told honking and cheering supporters in a parking lot in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.

The Democrat pledged that as president, he would seek to unify the country and “marshal the forces of decency” to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, rebuild economic prosperity, secure health care for American families, and root out systemic racism.

Without addressing his Republican rival, Biden spoke directly to the 70 million Americans who cast ballots in support of Trump, some of whom took to the streets on Saturday to demonstrate against the results.

“For all those of you who voted for President Trump, I understand the disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple times myself. But now, let’s give each other a chance. It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again,” he said. “This is the time to heal in America.”

He also thanked Black voters, saying that even at his campaign’s lowest moments, the African American community had stood up for him. —REUTERS

Editorial

OFWs ‍and retirement

Given the difficult economic times, Filipino workers—especially OFWs whose jobs abroad are at stark risk of being cut short or lost for good as countries adjust to the health and economic impacts of the still open-ended pandemic—must have to rethink how they should spend their money.

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