President Rodrigo Duterte remained firm in his decision to allow the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the national hero’s cemetery, but he said this does not necessarily mean Marcos is a hero. Giving Marcos a spot at the hero’s cemetery “doesn’t mean he’s a hero in the true sense of the word,” […] More
Martial Law victims filed a petition on August 15 to the Supreme Court to halt the government’s plans of giving the dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City. In the petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with Application for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and/or Writ of Preliminary […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte may have approved of giving the dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial, but a deal between former President Fidel Ramos with the Marcoses may stop the burial. One of Duterte’s allies, Rafael Alunan III, said on Saturday, August 13, during a press conference, that a deal between the Philippine government under Ramos’ […] More
One of President Rodrigo Duterte’s staunch allies opposed the President’s plan to allow the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. PDP-Laban founder and former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. repeated his previous proposal on Wednesday, August 10, to have the hero’s cemetery renamed into “Libingan ng mga Bayani at iba […] More
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was President Rodrigo Duterte’s running mate in the May 9 elections, but it does not mean that they always agree with each other. One of their points of disagreement, according to the senator, is Duterte’s approval of the hero’s burial for the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. In an interview with Karen […] More
The United States Army concluded that Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s stories about “AngMaharlika,” the guerilla resistance unit he claimed to have led during the Japanese occupation, were all “fraudulent” and “absurd,” according to a New York Times article published on January 23, 1986. According to an ABS-CBN report by CesDrilon, Ricardo Jose, director of the Third […] More
“The late President Ferdinand Marcos cannot be buried at the “Libingan ng mga Bayani.” The law prohibits it.” This is what lawyer, professor and broadcaster Mel Sta. Maria said in his opinion column at InterAksyon.com about the planned hero’s burial for the late dictator this September 18. President Rodrigo Duterte gave the go signal for […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to give the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial was met with several oppositions. One of those who voiced out his contradicting views is Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and he did not mince words. “Burying a murderer and a thief in the Libingan ng mga Bayani is not moving on,” […] More
During his campaign, President Rodrigo Duterte promised the Marcoses in Ilocos Norte in February that he will allow the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Manila. He justified his decision by saying that “he was a great president and he was a hero.” On early Sunday morning, […] More