'Protect the truth': A Marcos return in Philippines triggers fear for history
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s presidency, set to begin on June 30, has many people worried about losing access to books and other accounts of his father's rule.
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.
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.
All in the family: Philippine dynasties tighten grip on power
Elite families have long ruled the poverty-ravaged nation, holding on to positions of power for generations by dishing out favors, buying votes or resorting to violence.
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.
'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."
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.
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.
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.
A tilt for the country's highest office comes after Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s failed bid for the vice presidency in 2016, which he narrowly lost to Leni Robredo.
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 ...
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. "Bongbong," as Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is known, ...
