Topic: Ferdinand Marcos
The Supreme Court affirmed that coconut farmers of the Philippine owned 24 percent of shares worth between P 100 to P 150 billion (Dh 8.33 billion...
MANILA (Reuters) - Dozens of men ran naked on Friday around a university campus in the Philippine capital, Manila, calling for cleaner rivers and greater efforts to save the earth.In what has become an annual tradition at the University of the Philippines ...
MANILA (Reuters) - A quarter of a century ago, a former president fled from the Philippines after a revolution. This week, another former president was stopped trying to leave in what President Benigno Aquino hopes will be the start of a new revolution ...
With a taste for tropical fruit and a reputation as thieves, a herd of giraffes on a remote Philippine island is one of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos's most intriguing legacies.The 20 giraffes, along with dozens of zebra and antelope, are ...
Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Wednesday he would not allow any form of state honour for dictator Ferdinand Marcos, amid a push by the late ruler's family to rehabilitate his image.Sanctioning a state burial or any government honours for Marcos ...
The Philippine military said it had made public the records of its actions during dictator Ferdinand Marcos's martial rule from 1972-1981, when he used the armed forces to crush opposition.Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Wednesday said he hoped the declassification ...
In a fresh but ambiguous take on ecotourism, travellers in the Philippines can visit a remote turtle sanctuary and then venture into the heart of a nearby nuclear power plant.If tourists feel too weary to make the three-hour bus drive back ...
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has ruled out burying the frozen remains of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in Manila's cemetery for national heros, a government spokeswoman said Saturday.Local reports this month said Vice President Jejomar Binay had recommended Aquino allow Marcos ...
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino has decided not to allow the body of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried in a cemetery for national heroes in Manila, his spokesman said on Saturday.Ricky Carandang, head of the presidential communications development ...
In 1940s films, characters board steamships with an army of porters to lug their many bulky suitcases. But in today's age of airline travel, that...