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Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has promised the Philippine people “unifying leadership,” despite his family’s dark and divisive legacy.

Philippines human rights groups staged protests on Wednesday to denounce an attempt by the son and namesake of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to return his family to power by vying for the presidency.

By Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema

In the Philippines, the above events of September at home and abroad have added to widespread citizen fatigue and resistance in exercising the sovereign right and duty of checking government excesses, holding it accountable, and demanding and struggling for the changes the country has needed for decades.

President Duterte extolled on Monday, Aug. 30 all the anonymous frontliners who have been bravely leading the country's battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) scourge for over a year and a half now, calling them a “new breed of heroes”. The President made these remarks in a video mes

Aquino, Philippine Ex-leader Who Challenged China, is Buried 27 Jun 2021, 16:05 GMT+10 MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III was buried Saturday with thousands lining the streets of Manila to remember him for standing up to China in bitter territorial disputes, striking a peace deal with Muslim guerrillas and defending democracy in the Southeast Asian nation where his parents helped topple a dictator. Aquino died Thursday at age 61 of kidney disease arising from d...

Vice President Leni Robredo shared that former President Benigno Aquino III offered to bury her husband, the late former Interior secretary Jesse Robredo, at the Libingan ng mga Bayani when he died on a plane crash in 2012. Aquino told her then that there was a proposal to bury Jesse at the Heroes’

Aquino, Philippine ex-leader who challenged China, is buried By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILAJune 26, 2021 GMT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III was buried Saturday with thousands lining the streets of Manila to remember him for standing up to China in bitter territorial disputes, striking a peace deal with Muslim guerrillas and defending democracy in the Southeast Asian nation where his parents helped topple a dictator. Aquino died Thursday at age 61 of ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III was buried Saturday with thousands lining up streets to remember him for standing up to China in bitter territorial disputes, striking a peace deal with Muslim guerrillas and defending democracy in a Southeast Asian nation where his parents helped topple a dictator.

"A simple misstep." Malacañang assured the public that there was nothing wrong with President Duterte after he almost fell during the Independence Day rites in Malolos, Bulacan on Saturday. President Duterte is assisted by AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana and Vaccine Czar Carlito Galvez