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Ferdinand Marcos-Senior - Alexis Romero - Marcos trip Down Under allows revisit to sweet spots - philstar.com - Philippines - Australia - Greece - county Summit - city Melbourne

Marcos trip Down Under allows revisit to sweet spots

MELBOURNE – President Marcos’ latest overseas trip allowed him to revisit his favorite spots in the country where he took some rest after a grueling yet successful campaign for the presidency in 2022.

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BREAKTHROUGH - Corazon Aquino - The legacy of EDSA People Power - philstar.com - Philippines

The legacy of EDSA People Power

It was a Tuesday morning, Feb. 25, 1986. I had been staying in EDSA since Saturday evening along with more than a million other Filipinos. That morning, I was told that Corazon Aquino was going to take her oath as president of the Republic of the Philippines. Finally, the 14-year Marcos dictatorship would come to an end.

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Agence FrancePresse - Chile to reopen probe into mystery death of poet Pablo Neruda - philstar.com - Canada - China - Mexico - Chile

Chile to reopen probe into mystery death of poet Pablo Neruda

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile will once again try to resolve the mystery of what really killed Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda, who many believe was poisoned by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, a court said Tuesday.

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BREAKTHROUGH - Martial law and the communists - philstar.com - Philippines - China - Washington - Soviet Union - city Beijing - city Manila - city Moscow

Martial law and the communists

This book is highly controversial when it narrates certain debatable conclusions as facts. It is a very readable book that in certain parts reads almost like a novel. I would not recommend this book as a reading reference to those who have not read any other book on this period in Philippine history. But for those relatively widely read and are able to make their own conclusions, this is a highly recommended book.

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Alexis Romero - Easter Sunday - List of 2024 holidays out - philstar.com - Philippines - China - city Manila, Philippines

List of 2024 holidays out

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos yesterday encouraged Filipinos to plan their transactions and vacations this year and to use the long weekends to bond with their families.

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Rodrigo Duterte - Martin Romualdez - Sara Duterte - Neil Jayson Servallos - VP: Peace talks with Reds agreement with the devil - philstar.com - Philippines - China - Norway - city Manila, Philippines

VP: Peace talks with Reds agreement with the devil

MANILA, Philippines — The Marcos administration’s agreement with communist rebels to resume peace negotiations to end the decades-old communist armed conflict was “an agreement with the devil,” Vice President Sara Duterte said yesterday as she pleaded with President Marcos to reconsider his decision.

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Imelda Marcos - Ferdinand Marcos - Alexis Romero - Marcos - President Marcos in Hawaii for final leg of US trip - philstar.com - Philippines - Usa - New York - state Hawaii - city Manila, Philippines

President Marcos in Hawaii for final leg of US trip

MANILA, Philippines — The Marcoses entered what could be their darkest days in 1986, when the dictatorship was toppled and the family banished to Hawaii while hounded by allegations of human rights violations and corruption.

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Ferdinand Marcos-Senior - Cristina Chi - Arlene Brosas - National - House panel approves bills creating National Museum for Filipino Women - philstar.com - Philippines - city Manila, Philippines

House panel approves bills creating National Museum for Filipino Women

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives is once again taking a shot at passing proposals to create a national museum honoring key Filipino women figures who fought in the country’s historic pushbacks against dictatorship and colonization.

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