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Spain court approves exhumation of late dictator Franco's remains

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 03:22 AM

Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the green light for the government to remove the remains of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum, rejecting an appeal against it by the late dictator's descendants. Read more »

Dozens detained, as Kazakhs protest against China, former president

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 21 11:11 PM

Police detained dozens of protesters in Kazakhstan Saturday for rallying against Chinese economic expansion and former strongman president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is still a powerful force in the former Soviet nation.  Read more »

Former Bangladesh military dictator Ershad dies at 89

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 14 03:26 PM

DHAKA - Former Bangladesh military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad died Sunday aged 89, after weeks in a Dhaka hospital, officials said. Read more »

Daughter of ex-Guatemala dictator barred from election

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 01:00 AM

Guatemala's constitutional court has ruled the daughter of late dictator Efrain Rios Montt cannot run for president in next month's elections.   Read more »

“It was frustration, anger, disgust, despair”—Mike de Leon on why he just unleashed the ballsiest anti-Digong video in recent memory

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Feb 24 04:39 PM

Replying to ANCX, the director of Citizen Jake, Kisapmata and Sister Stella L. tells us why he created a new short video, an intense anti-Duterte film—a critique of the current administration and a call to Filipinos to vote in the coming elections like their life depended on it.  Read more »

'Pagbaluktot sa kasaysayan, bagong hamon sa martial law victims'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 09:41 PM

Kasabay ng ika-29 death anniversary ni Marcos, naglabas ng pahayag ang kaniyang mga loyalista na isinisisi sa iba ang mga karahasan noong martial law.  Read more »

Kuwento ni Enrile tungkol sa EDSA people power, pinalagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 10:27 PM

Pumalag ang ilang biktima ng batas militar sa mga paratang ni Senador Juan Ponce Enrile na hindi siya umano parte ng pagkalas sa kampo ni dating Pangulo at diktador na si Ferdinand Marcos sa EDSA People Power 1.  Read more »

Duterte condemns Hitler, despots

Ronen Zvulun, Reuters
Posted at Sep 04 09:45 AM

President Duterte rekindles the eternal flame at a ceremony commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. Read more »

Duterte: Despots, insane leaders should be disposed of

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 12:07 AM

“I could not imagine of a country [obeying] an insane leader. And I could not ever fathom the spectacle of a human being going into a killing spree, murdering old men, women, men, children, mother.” Read more »

Duterte: Pilipinas, mas makakabuting pamunuan ng diktador gaya ni Marcos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 01:15 AM

Mas makakabuti umano sa Pilipinas na pamunuan ng isang diktador, gaya ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, kaysa kay Vice President Leni Robredo. Read more »

Bongbong lauds Duterte's language in birthday greeting

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 29 11:50 PM

MANILA - Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. lauded President Rodrigo Duterte's "effective" way of communicating in his birthday greeting for the head of the state who is turning 73 on Wednesday. Read more »

Diktador? Mga kaalyado, dinepensahan ang istilo ni Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 12:05 PM

Binatikos ng kaniyang mga kritiko si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte matapos siyang umamin sa kaniyang istilong ala-diktador para umano magkaroon ng pagbabago sa bansa. Read more »

Critics blast Duterte's 'dictator' statement

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 12:20 PM

Critics lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte for saying he needs to act like a dictator to put the country in order.  Read more »

Duterte's critics want to be dictators, says Alvarez

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 02:15 PM

House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Friday defended President Rodrigo Duterte's admission of being a dictator and alleged that the chief executive's critics are the ones who are really acting as despots. Read more »

2 senador, umalma sa pag-aming diktador ni Duterte

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 09 01:48 PM

Dalawang senador ang umalma sa pag-amin ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na kailangan niyang maging isang diktador para sa ikabubuti ng bansa. Read more »

Duterte: I have to be a dictator

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 10:35 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte admitted he is a dictator, but he said he had to be one to put the country in order. Read more »

Mga Marcos, Palasyo, minaliit ang 'compromise deal' ni Lozano

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 22 02:51 PM

Agresibong isinusulong ngayon ng abogadong si Oliver Lozano ang binalangkas niyang compromise agreement sa pagitan ng gobyerno at ng pamilya Marcos, na buwan-buwan umano niyang ipinapadala sa Palasyo simula Hunyo 2017. Read more »

No place for dictator

Philimon Bulawayo, Reuters
Posted at Nov 22 10:48 AM

Zimbabweans celebrate after President Robert Mugabe resigns in Harare, Zimbabwe on Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte: Becoming a dictator not in my nature

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 08:44 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday stressed he has no plans of becoming a dictator as he again defended his earlier threat to establish a revolutionary government in the event destabilization efforts plunge the country into chaos. Read more »

'Marcos-friendly' Duterte risking historical revisionism: martial law victim

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 05:13 PM

MANILA - Former Commission on Human Rights chair Etta Rosales is blaming President Rodrigo Duterte for providing a "friendly environment" for the Marcos family's attempts to revise history in their favor. Read more »