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