カテゴリー: Imelda Marcos
Day commemorating 1986 People Power Revolution omitted from official list of holidays for 2024 The Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has dropped a public holiday marking the anniversary of a revolution that toppled his dictator father, further…
Marcos has stood up to China, and he remains popular, despite running the country ‘under cruise control’, according to one expertOne year ago on Friday, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son and namesake of the former dictator, became the president of the Philippin…
Marcos Jr, who began his term as president of the Philippines on Thursday, invoked his father’s legacy as he promised he would deliver for the country.Crucial to Marcos Jr’s success was an alliance with outgoing president Rodrigo Duterte’s da…
Son says family has legacy of achievement as he completes clan’s return to power 36 years after father’s oustingFerdinand Marcos Jr has promised a government that will deliver for all Filipinos during his inauguration speech, even as he paid tribute to…
Alliance between Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte reinforces power of influential familiesNew era for Philippines as Marcos Jr electedIt was a deal – rumoured to have been brokered at the exclusive island resort of Balesin – that set the course of …
Dictator’s son will take office on 30 June, marking the dynasty’s return to the seat of powerFerdinand Marcos Jr was flanked by his family, including matriarch Imelda Marcos, as he stood at the rostrum in the Philippines Congress to be proclaimed presi…
Artwork’s appearance fuels fears family will use return to power to further stifle efforts to recover ill-gotten wealthThe glimpse of a possible Picasso in the home of Imelda Marcos seen during a visit by her son, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, after …
Late dictator’s son promises unity but opponents fear family’s return to power could reverse democratic gainsIt was in 1986 that the dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his family were forced to leave the Philippines in disgrace. Helicopters airlifted the fa…
Voters in the Philippines are voting in the presidential election on Monday that pits frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the late dictator, against a human rights lawyer who has promised a transparent government. Leni Ro…
Ferdinand Marcos Jr, known as Bongbong Marcos, frontrunner in race to replace populist president Rodrigo DuterteOn 9 May about 67.5 million Filipinos will go to the polls to decide who should replace the populist president Rodrigo Duterte. He has reach…
Ferdinand Marcos Jr leads polls despite father’s dictatorship and energetic opposition campaignThe colour they are clad in is an unmissable shade of fuchsia pink. They walk the streets across the Philippines, waving banners along the way and stopping a…
Ferdinand Marcos Jr ahead in polls for 9 May election in spite of notorious family historyThe frontrunner in the Philippines presidential race, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, has praised his father – the country’s late dictator – as a “political genius”, and his…
Ferdinand Marcos Jr tipped for alliance with Sara Duterte, outgoing president’s daughter, in 2022 electionThe son of the Philippines’ former dictator Ferdinand Marcos has announced he will run for president in the 2022 election.Ferdinand Marcos Jr, kno…