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MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has broken with his predecessors and finally ordered the burial of Ferdinand Marcos, the infamous former Philippine president who died 27 years ago, in a cemetery reserved for war heroes and eminent individuals. [1]

MANILA -- Ferdinand Marcos, the former Philippine president and dictator, was interred in a cemetery reserved for national heroes at noon today, more than 30 years after he was forced to flee the country in the wake of the People Power uprising, and ... [2]

SEOUL/MANILA -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived on Tuesday for a state visit in the Philippines, where he and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. discussed expanded security cooperation and greater shipments of defense equipment. [3]

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers a speech during the kick-off rally for the New Philippines movement at Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Jan. [4]

AFP China reasserted its territories around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea on Sunday, two days after the Philippines defined its own sea boundaries in the contested waters. [5]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-08-08 · 100% match

Duterte finally orders burial of Ferdinand Marcos

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has broken with his predecessors and finally ordered the burial of Ferdinand Marcos, the infamous former Philippine president who died 27 years ago, in a cemetery reserved for war heroes and eminent individuals.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-11-18 · 100% match

Ferdinand Marcos finally buried at Heroes' Cemetery

MANILA -- Ferdinand Marcos, the former Philippine president and dictator, was interred in a cemetery reserved for national heroes at noon today, more than 30 years after he was forced to flee the country in the wake of the People Power uprising, and

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-04 · 100% match

South Korea to step up arms exports to Philippines as security ties expand

SEOUL/MANILA -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived on Tuesday for a state visit in the Philippines, where he and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. discussed expanded security cooperation and greater shipments of defense equipment.

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-01-30 · 100% match

Philippines’ Marcos blames fentanyl for Duterte’s drug accusations

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers a speech during the kick-off rally for the New Philippines movement at Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Jan.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-11-11 · 100% match

China reaffirms boundaries of sea near flashpoint reef

AFP China reasserted its territories around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea on Sunday, two days after the Philippines defined its own sea boundaries in the contested waters.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-31 · 100% match

Philippines faces high-stakes balancing act as 2026 ASEAN chair

MANILA -- When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced his priorities for his nation's year as ASEAN chair, he focused on three "pillars": peace and security, prosperity, and people empowerment.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-02-29 · 100% match

Marcos says Philippines on ‘frontline’ of maritime disputes, will not cede ‘one square inch’

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hold a joint press conference at the Parliament House in Canberra on February 29, 2024.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-01-11 · 100% match

Asia Stream: the Asian election landscape in 2022

NEW YORK -- Welcome to Nikkei Asia's new podcast: Asia Stream. Every week, Asia Stream tracks and analyzes the Indo-Pacific with a mix of interviews with experts and original reporting by our correspondents from across the globe.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-02-07 · 100% match

Philippines’ Marcos and Duterte clan alliance ruptures

Outgoing Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte (centre L) is escorted as he reviews an honour guard as incoming President Ferdinand Marcos J (behind centre R) looks on, as they take part in the inauguration ceremony for Marcos at the Malacanang presi

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-06-24 · 100% match

Marcos says Philippines won’t be intimidated amid China row

This handout photo taken and released on June 23, 2024 by the Presidential Communications Office shows Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos speaking to troops at the Philippines’ South China Sea Forces Headquarters in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.

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