A slain Army lieutenant was given military honors on Sunday before his flag-bearing casket was put on a Philippine Air Force (PAF) Fokker plane bound for Davao City, an Army official said.
MANILA, Philippines—Ferdinand Marcos’ family should acknowledge the human rights violations caused by his martial law regime, Malacañang said a day after President Aquino told foreign correspondents that he has rejected proposals for a state burial for the long dead strongman. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said there was nothing personal with Mr. Aquino’s decision to forego [...]
The issue of where and how to bury the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos had long been settled by the government, since the administration of Fidel V. Ramos, according to President Aquino. In an interview with the Inquirer at the wake for Ramos’ daughter, Josephine Martinez Ramos, Monday night, Mr. Aquino indicated that he would honor [...]
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III is in no rush to finally decide on funeral arrangements for Ferdinand Marcos 22 years after he died and 18 years after it was kept in a refrigerated crypt, said Malacañang. Secretary Ricky Carandang, head of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, said on Thursday that [...]
As expected, militant party-list lawmakers and activists, most of whom were tortured and imprisoned during Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship, objected to the suggestion that his remains be buried with full military honors. But others lauded the recommendation put forth by Vice President Jejomar Binay, with former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr., a key opposition leader and himself [...]
Don’t dig the grave just yet. President Benigno Aquino III is still studying Vice President Jejomar Binay’s recommendation that the remains of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos be buried with full military honors in his home province of Ilocos Norte. And the dictator’s widow, Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos, is hedging her bets, saying she [...]
Vice President Jejomar Binay’s recommendation for an Ilocos Norte burial with full military honors for the late President Ferdinand Marcos is acceptable to some members of the House of Representatives but not to those who suffered during the martial law rule of the ousted dictator.
LAOAG CITY, Philippines – (UPDATE) Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos is leaving to God the decision where to bury her late husband, Ferdinand Marcos. Mrs. Marcos issued the statement, a day after Vice President Jejomar Binay has recommended to President Benigno Aquino III that the ousted dictator be buried in Ilocos Norte with full military [...]
LAOAG CITY – Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda R. Marcos is leaving to God to decide where she would bury her husband, strongman Ferdinand Marcos. Mrs. Marcos issued the statement now that Vice President Jejomar Binay has recommended to President Benigno Aquino III the burial of the former leader in Ilocos Norte with full military honors. [...]
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay has recommended full military honors for the burial of ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos but that the interment service must take place in the former president’s province of Ilocos Norte, not at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, a source in Malacañang said, confirming similar information that the Philippine Daily [...]
