Malacañang has declared an “open house” on Monday for orphans and youth to symbolically “reclaim” the Palace for the people in commemoration of the 27th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution.
Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will no longer push through with the scheduled visit to her parent’s grave at the Libingan ng mga Bayani because the trip might worsen her condition, her lawyer Anacleto Diaz said Wednesday.
A senior lawmaker on Saturday sounded the alarm over the proliferation of informal settlers at Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery), the final resting place of former presidents, war veterans, ranking military officers, notable government officials and national artists.
Come Sept. 21, it will be 39 years since Ferdinand Marcos clamped on rule-by-bayonets. Martial law would save the Republic from collapse, he perorated without blinking. A 14-year dictatorship followed.
If they kill me, they’re out in two years.” Exiled Benigno Aquino offered that stark “math” in Boston to friends spooked by his plan to fly to Manila in a bid to meet the ailing dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Perhaps a direct appeal to the isolated Marcos could usher in peaceful change, he argued. Ninoy’s allies [...]
Maybe they wanted to convey that the act of getting married was heroic… who knows? A soon-to-be-wed couple has drawn the ire of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for conducting a “wacky” prenuptials photo shoot at the Libingan ng mga Bayani that spread on social networking sites and online forums this week. AFP [...]
President Benigno Aquino III on Friday ruled out a burial for dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the national heroes’ cemetery in Makati City. “Not during my watch,” he said. Mr. Aquino told The Associated Press in an interview that he was finalizing a decision on his Vice President’s proposal to bury the strongman with military honors [...]
President Benigno Aquino III said he has ruled out burying former dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Manila.
Ferdinand Marcos’ remains shouldn’t be interred in Libingan ng mga Bayani, Vice President Jejomar Binay wrote. For “service as a soldier,” Marcos could be accorded military honors—within Ilocos Norte. “Solomonic,” gushed Binay’s apple polishers. Or is this just political schizophrenia? This controversy has rankled since 1993. After People Power exile, Marcos’ embalmed corpse has been [...]
Vice President Jejomar Binay has recommended to President Benigno Aquino III the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos’ remains in his native Ilocos Norte, with full military honors, the Philippine Daily Inquirer has learned. A Palace source, who asked not to be named, confirmed that Binay had made such a recommendation. Edwin Lacierda, the [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The Makati Business Club is strongly opposing all attempts to bury deposed President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery), saying his legacy to the country is nothing heroic. In a letter addressed to Vice President Jejomar Binay, MBC chairman Ramon del Rosario Jr. said the business group opposes the passage [...]
