Back to the palace
The Romualdez family gathers round at a familiar place, Malacanang no less, after attending the inaugural of their cousin, President ...
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Slippery cargo
At around 7:45 am on May 20. 2021, a heavily loaded truck traversing the uphill portion of Brgy Bontiway, Marcos ...
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Marcos’ place in history
"Is he a heel or a hero?" As Marcos haters remembered “the dark days of Martial Law,” on ...
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The economic consequences of dictatorship
"‘The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living.’" One of ...
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‘Palace hands off on Marcos case’
The Palace on Tuesday distanced itself from the Sandiganbayan’s decision to junk the case against the Marcoses over P200-billion of ...
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OSG justifies cancellation of $20-m seized Marcos assets
The Office of the Solicitor General on Wednesday justified the decision of the government to decline the settlement agreement that ...
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‘Du30 no lawyer for the Marcoses’
The Palace on Friday insisted that President Rodrigo Duterte is not lawyering for the Marcoses over their supposed ill-gotten wealth. ...
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Marcos lambasts Tribunal over ‘slow progress’ of protest
TACLOBAN CITY—Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday aired his frustration over the snail-paced progress of his election protest against ...
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PDEA: 2 Ilocos Norte towns, 80 villages drug-free
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Ilocos Norte has declared the towns of Carasi and Marcos, and 80 other barangays ...
Read moreSC upholds integrity of 2016 polls
The Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has upheld the integrity of the 2016 nationwide automated elections. This decision is ...
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