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Marcos lauds China-funded bridge for helping boost growth in southern Philippines

STORY: Marcos lauds China-funded bridge for helping boost growth in southern Philippines DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: DAVAO, the Philippines CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the groundbreaking ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, Philippine President 3. model of the bridge 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, Philippine President STORYLINE: Construction has started on a bridge that connects the Philippines' third largest city Davao and its tourist island Samal. At the project's groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos said that the China-funded bridge will help boost tourism and economic progress in the southern region. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FERDINAND ROMUALDEZ MARCOS, Philippine President "Once completed, this bridge will help us develop the economic potential of Davao City and the Island Garden City of Samal, as well as enhance its residents' access to employment, education, and other

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PHILIPPINES-DAVAO-CHINA-FUNDED BRIDGE-GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY

(221027) -- DAVAO CITY, Oct. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scale model of the China-funded Samal Island-Davao City Connector Bridge is seen during its groundbreaking ceremony in Davao City, the Philippines, Oct. 27, 2022. A China-funded bridge that connects the Philippines' third largest city Davao and a tourist island will help boost tourism and economic growth in the country's southern region, said President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on Thursday at the project's groundbreaking ceremony. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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PHILIPPINES-DAVAO-CHINA-FUNDED BRIDGE-GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY

(221027) -- DAVAO CITY, Oct. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded Samal Island-Davao City Connector Bridge in Davao City, the Philippines, Oct. 27, 2022. A China-funded bridge that connects the Philippines' third largest city Davao and a tourist island will help boost tourism and economic growth in the country's southern region, said President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on Thursday at the project's groundbreaking ceremony. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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PHILIPPINES-DAVAO-CHINA-FUNDED BRIDGE-GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY

(221027) -- DAVAO CITY, Oct. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos (C), Philippine Vice President and former Davao mayor Sara Duterte (2nd L), and Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian (1st L) attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded Samal Island-Davao City Connector Bridge in Davao City, the Philippines, Oct. 27, 2022. A China-funded bridge that connects the Philippines' third largest city Davao and a tourist island will help boost tourism and economic growth in the country's southern region, said President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on Thursday at the project's groundbreaking ceremony. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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PHILIPPINES-DAVAO-CHINA-FUNDED BRIDGE-GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY

(221027) -- DAVAO CITY, Oct. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos (1st R) , Philippine Vice President and former Davao mayor Sara Duterte (2nd R) and Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian (2nd L) attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded Samal Island-Davao City Connector Bridge in Davao City, the Philippines, Oct. 27, 2022. A China-funded bridge that connects the Philippines' third largest city Davao and a tourist island will help boost tourism and economic growth in the country's southern region, said President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on Thursday at the project's groundbreaking ceremony. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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PHILIPPINES-DAVAO-CHINA-FUNDED BRIDGE-GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY

(221027) -- DAVAO CITY, Oct. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos (L) leads the lowering of a time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony of the China-funded Samal Island-Davao City Connector Bridge, in Davao City, the Philippines, Oct. 27, 2022. A China-funded bridge that connects the Philippines' third largest city Davao and a tourist island will help boost tourism and economic growth in the country's southern region, said President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on Thursday at the project's groundbreaking ceremony. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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PHILIPPINES-MANILA-FOREIGN SECRETARY-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

(220706) -- MANILA, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and Philippine Foreign Secretary Luis Enrique Manalo attend the launching ceremony of the Davao City-Samal Island connector bridge project after their meeting in Manila, the Philippines, on July 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Kai)

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TULPAN SAMAL YESLYAMOVA aka SAMAL ESLJAMOVA TULPAN Date: 2008

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Jaromir Jirsa, Pavel Samal

Czech Constitutional Court judges Jaromir Jirsa, left, and Pavel Samal on the ceremonial event on 100th anniversary of Czechoslovak constitution took place at the Constitutional Court (US), Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal

Czech Constitutional Court judge Pavel Samal on the ceremonial event on 100th anniversary of Czechoslovak constitution took place at the Constitutional Court (US), Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Rychetsky

The ceremonial event on 100th anniversary of Czechoslovak constitution took place at the Constitutional Court (US), Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Slovak President Zuzana Caputova stands in first row the second from left, at backward stand the judges (L-R) Josef Fiala, David Uhlir, Vojtech Simicek, Radovan Suchanek, Ludvik David, Jan Filip, Milada Tomkova, Czech Constitutional Court chairman Pavel Rychetsky, Jaroslav Fenyk, Vladimir Sladecek, Katerina Simackova, Jiri Zemanek, Tomas Lichovnik, Jaromir Jirsa and Pavel Samal. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale

Brenda Hale (right), President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, meets with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal (left), on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Ales Pavel, Jiri Dolezilek, Robert Reed, Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale, David Kitchen, Frantisek Pury

Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, meets with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal, on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. On the photo are seen L-R Head of the Czech Supreme Court's Chairman Office Ales Pavel, Judge at the Civil College of the Czech Supreme Court Jiri Dolezilek, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Robert Reed, Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale, Judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom David Kitchen and Chairman of the Criminal College of the Czech Supreme Court Frantisek Pury. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Brenda Hale, David Kitchen

Brenda Hale (left), President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, is seen during a meeting with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal, on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. On the right side is seen Judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom David Kitchen. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale

Brenda Hale (right), President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, meets with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal (left), on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale

Brenda Hale (right), President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, meets with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal (left), on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Brenda Hale

Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, is seen during a meeting with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal, on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale

Brenda Hale (right), President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, meets with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal (left), on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Brenda Hale

Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, speaks during a meeting with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal, on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale

Brenda Hale (right), President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, meets with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal (left), on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Brenda Hale

Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, speaks during a meeting with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal, on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Brenda Hale

Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, speaks during a meeting with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal, on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Robert Reed, Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale, David Kitchen

Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, meets with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal, on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. On the photo are seen L-R Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Robert Reed, Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale and Judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom David Kitchen. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Robert Reed, Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale, David Kitchen

Brenda Hale, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, meets with her Czech counterpart Pavel Samal, on July 16, 2019, in Brno, Czech Republic. On the photo are seen L-R Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Robert Reed, Pavel Samal, Brenda Hale and Judge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom David Kitchen. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal, Supreme Courts in Changing Times international conference

Czech Supreme Court chairman Pavel Samal (right) attends two-day international conference Supreme Courts in Changing Times, held by Czech and Slovak Supreme Courts on the occasion of 100th anniversary of foundation of Czechoslovak Republic's Supreme Court in 1918, in Brno, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Daniela Svecova, Pavel Samal, Supreme Courts in Changing Times international conference

Slovak Supreme Court chairwoman Daniela Svecova (left) and Czech Supreme Court chairman Pavel Samal (right) attend two-day international conference Supreme Courts in Changing Times, held by Czech and Slovak Supreme Courts on the occasion of 100th anniversary of foundation of Czechoslovak Republic's Supreme Court in 1918, in Brno, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal, Andrej Babis, Supreme Courts in Changing Times international conference

L-R Czech Supreme Court chairman Pavel Samal and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attend two-day international conference Supreme Courts in Changing Times, held by Czech and Slovak Supreme Courts on the occasion of 100th anniversary of foundation of Czechoslovak Republic's Supreme Court in 1918, in Brno, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Daniela Svecova, Pavel Samal, Supreme Courts in Changing Times international conference

Slovak Supreme Court chairwoman Daniela Svecova (left) and Czech Supreme Court chairman Pavel Samal (right) attend two-day international conference Supreme Courts in Changing Times, held by Czech and Slovak Supreme Courts on the occasion of 100th anniversary of foundation of Czechoslovak Republic's Supreme Court in 1918, in Brno, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal, Supreme Courts in Changing Times international conference

Czech Supreme Court chairman Pavel Samal speaks during two-day international conference Supreme Courts in Changing Times, held by Czech and Slovak Supreme Courts on the occasion of 100th anniversary of foundation of Czechoslovak Republic's Supreme Court in 1918, in Brno, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Pavel Samal, Supreme Courts in Changing Times international conference

Czech Supreme Court chairman Pavel Samal speaks during two-day international conference Supreme Courts in Changing Times, held by Czech and Slovak Supreme Courts on the occasion of 100th anniversary of foundation of Czechoslovak Republic's Supreme Court in 1918, in Brno, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)