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FERDINAND MARCOS JR

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 11, 2022
No quiet retirement for Philippines' Duterte when Marcos takes over
Efforts to put the outgoing leader on trial for thousands of killings in his 'war on drugs' appear unlikely to prosper, however.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2022
Marcos Jr.’s rise is grounds for outrage — but hold the shock
It's troubling enough that a Marcos will again lead the Philippines. Bongbong will need deftness in a world as complicated as any his father faced.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 11, 2022
Marcos as Philippines president a boon for China but a setback for U.S.
The new leader has long-standing ties with China and is seeking a new deal over contested waters of the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 11, 2022
Private meal with kingpin offers clues to how Marcos will rule Philippines
A dinner he attended soon after entering the race last October may provide clues on his priorities — and to whom he's beholden.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 10, 2022
Fall and rise: Marcos family back in power in the Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s victory marks extraordinary comeback for a family once best known for widespread human rights abuses and the plunder of an estimated $10 billion.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2022
Philippines on high alert as all systems go for election
Philippine military says it's ready for all contingencies as Filipinos ready to go to the polls to choose Duterte's successor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2022
Misplaced nostalgia to decide Philippine presidency
Filipinos look ready to make the son of dictator Ferdinand Marcos their new leader, a result made possible by democratic failures, manipulated memories and Rodrigo Duterte.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 4, 2022
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could control hunt for family's wealth as Philippines president
If the front-runner triumphs in the May 9 election, he will wield broad powers over government agencies seeking to recover as much as $10 billion plundered by his namesake father.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 4, 2022
Philippine presidential candidates enter final push to woo voters
The latest Pulse Asia survey conducted in mid April showed 56% of 2,400 respondents supporting Marcos and 23% backing Robredo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 2, 2022
In the Philippines, young people aim to upend an election
Many have come out in full force for Leni Robredo, the country's vice president, who faces long odds against Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2022
One woman is trying to prevent the revival of a Marcos dynasty
Leni Robredo is attracting some of the biggest pre-election crowds in decades, but the question is whether the groundswell of support for her is too little, too late.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2022
Philippine 'Avengers' battle disinformation before election
Misinformation campaigns are a thriving, and fact checkers can only catch the falsehoods once they're already in circulation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2022
The Philippines toppled one Marcos. Now his son may become president.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spent decades defending his family's name against accusations of greed and corruption and downplaying the legacy of his father's brutal rule.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 31, 2022
'War on drugs' victims in Philippines to pursue charges against Duterte after term
Duterte, whose populist tenure included a brutal anti-drug war, has claimed he had so many dead bodies of narcotics offenders dumped in Manila Bay that the 'fish will grow fat.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2022
In Philippines election, priests opposed to Marcos adopt pink
Like-minded clerics in Asia's biggest Catholic nation have abandoned their neutrality to oppose the presidential bid of the son of a former dictator.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 14, 2021
Why Filipino voters are backing another member of the Marcos clan
In the Philippines' strangely frugal electoral system, all Marcos Jr. needs to do to become the next president is to secure the largest share of votes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 2, 2021
Facebook users rewrite Marcos history in race to succeed Duterte
As one of Asia's most free-wheeling and online democracies, the Philippines is particularly vulnerable to misinformation campaigns and hate speech.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 17, 2021
After dust settles, son of late Philippine dictator emerges as presidential front-runner
Marcos's family is among the country's most famous dynasties and despite its fall from grace, has retained far-reaching and powerful connections.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 6, 2017
Bongbong: Family to provide 'truth' to fix 'historical revisionism' of Marcos regime in Philippines
The Marcos family intends to correct what it views as historical "revisionism" in the Philippines by providing the "truth" and not just a version of what happened during the more than two decades of rule by Ferdinand Marcos that ended in 1986, the late leader's son and namesake said Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 4, 2016
Bongbong Marcos leads family's revival in the Philippines
For the son and namesake of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, winning the vice presidency in next week's election is as much about restoring his family's tainted image as it is about making the country a better place.

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