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New book offers young voters lessons on Marcos dictatorship

Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Mar 17 11:56 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Author Myles Garcia said he is doing what he can to help educate voters in the upcoming Philippine general election, particularly young Filipinos about the atrocities of the Marcos dictatorship and how they relate to vice-presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos.   Read more »

Ateneo faculty takes stand vs historical revisionism of martial law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 10:07 AM

MANILA - Over 400 faculty members and formators of the Ateneo de Manila University have taken a stand against the historical revisionism of the martial law era, saying they will continue to share the stories of human rights atrocities committed during that period. Read more »

Pinoys need cure from 'collective amnesia' on EDSA 1

April Benjamin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 11:52 AM

The message of the 1986 EDSA People Power movement has been lost but we can still remind or teach people what it is all about, says the EDSA People Power Commission (EPPC). Read more »

Palace: What's to stop Bongbong from committing dad's abuses?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 09:44 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday took a potshot at vice presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. after he again refused to apologize for the injustices committed during his late father's reign. Read more »

EDSA People Power revolt was 'American-inspired': Bongbong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 01:52 PM

The 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy in the Philippines was "American-inspired," according to the late strongman's son and namesake, Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Read more »

Duterte is much like Hitler, says human rights advocate

Magno Ardenia, ABS-CBNnews.com
Updated as of Nov 01 04:39 PM

Speaking on his personal opinion, an election human rights advocate said Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is much like Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Read more »

PNoy: Filipinos won't allow another Marcos presidency

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 04:52 AM

President Aquino is confident that Filipinos would not allow the Marcoses to have another chance to run the country, now that the late dictator's son, Senator Bongbong Marcos, is running for vice president. Read more »

Bongbong says dad's legacy will help election bid

Joel Guinto, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 08 10:11 PM

MANILA - The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos said Wednesday his father's legacy would help rather than hamper his own bid for the vice presidency. Read more »

The uninterred mummified Marcos

By Buddy Gomez
Updated as of Sep 24 09:50 AM

President Ferdinand E. Marcos died of health complications in a Honolulu hospital on September 28, 1989. That was twenty six years ago. He is still around. Read more »

Bongbong Marcos: Nothing wrong about Martial Law

Updated as of Aug 27 01:26 PM

For Senator Bongbong Marcos, the Martial Law years were not all that bad. The senator also said he has nothing to apologize for. Read more »

Philippine dictator Marcos' son mulls presidential run

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 26 11:20 PM

MANILA - The son and namesake of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos said Wednesday he may run for president in next year's elections, offering his once-exiled family the chance of the ultimate political comeback. Read more »

Bongbong on Marcos era: What am I to say sorry for?

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBNnews.com
Updated as of Aug 27 12:08 AM

MANILA – Senator Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. said he and his family have nothing to apologize for what happened under the regime of his father, the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos. Read more »