Topic: dictatorship

Duterte: I have no plans to become a dictator

Duterte: I have no plans to become a dictator

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 02:02 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he was not planning on becoming a dictator even as his bloody war on drugs left hundreds killed and raised international alarm. Read more »

Duterte is no dictator, says spokesperson

Duterte is no dictator, says spokesperson

Doris Bigornia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 13 11:25 PM

DAVAO CITY – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is no dictator, his spokesperson said, as outgoing President Benigno Aquino III raised yesterday the specter of martial law and the horrors that came with it. Read more »

OPINION: Himagsikan sa balota

OPINION: Himagsikan sa balota

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 04:02 PM

Para kay sociologist Randy David, ang pagkapanalo ni Mayor Rodrigo Duterte sa halalan ay isang uri ng himagsikan na idinaan sa balota. Read more »

A coronation for North Korea's Kim Jong-Un

A coronation for North Korea's Kim Jong-Un

Giles Hewitt, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 11:29 AM

After four years of top-level reshuffles, purges and executions, Kim Jong-Un will formally cement his unassailable status as North Korea's supreme leader at a landmark ruling party congress this week. Read more »

In The Loop: PNoy's warning; Trillanes vs Duterte

In The Loop: PNoy's warning; Trillanes vs Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 04:51 PM

Tj Manotoc keeps us in the loop on President Noynoy Aquino's warning that a Duterte-Marcos victory in the upcoming polls could lead to a dictatorship, Senator Antonio Trillanes' impeachment case against Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Yeng Constantino singing for the Angry Birds movie.  Read more »

PNoy warns of looming dictatorship

PNoy warns of looming dictatorship

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 29 03:11 AM

President Benigno Aquino warned Thursday his country was on the brink of another dictatorship, in a thinly veiled reference to controversial politicians leading surveys to win the top two posts in next month's elections. Read more »

PNoy takes swipe at Duterte, Marcos

PNoy takes swipe at Duterte, Marcos

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 05:56 PM

President Aquino warned against the return of authoritarianism and dictatorship, as the tough-talking Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. maintained their lead in pre-election surveys less than 3 weeks before election day. Read more »

PNoy wants to stop new Marcos rule

PNoy wants to stop new Marcos rule

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 26 05:21 PM

President Benigno Aquino on Monday said he would do his best to prevent the family of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos from returning to power. Read more »

Bongbong Marcos defiant on father's legacy

Bongbong Marcos defiant on father's legacy

Cecil Morella and Karl Malakunas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 19 01:38 PM

On the verge of securing his family's biggest victory since their humiliating downfall three decades ago, Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos's son talks confidently about his political ambitions and his father's legacy. Read more »

New book offers young voters lessons on Marcos dictatorship

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 »

PNoy: Filipinos won't allow another Marcos presidency

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 »

The uninterred mummified Marcos

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 »

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