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Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa: Journalism is 'at an existential moment'

Lies, laced with anger and hate, spread faster than facts, Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has told this year's DW Global Media Forum in Bonn.

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The Independent UK

A new leader in the Philippines, and a family's old wounds

Filipino Americans are expressing a range of emotions after voters in their homeland overwhelmingly elected the son of the nation’s former dictator as president

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Marcos to serve as agriculture chief amid food crisis fears

Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has expressed concern about rising food prices caused in part by the war in Ukraine and said he will serve as secretary of agriculture when he takes office to prepare for a possible emergency

The Independent UK

The daughter of the outgoing Philippine president takes oath as vice president

The electoral triumphs of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte extend a Philippine political history that has long been dominated by politicians belonging to the same bloodlines.

WEKU

Duterte’s daughter takes oath as Philippine vice president

Sara Duterte, daughter of the outgoing Philippine populist president, has taken her oath on Sunday as vice president following a landslide electoral victory

The Independent UK

With Marcos Jr.’s election, Filipinos need to brace for a bleak future

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been elected the 17th president of the Philippines, 36 years after his father, the known dictator and plunderer Ferdinand Sr., was ousted in a peaceful revolution.

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Preserve the Truth: Historical Books, Documents in Danger as Marcos Family Returns to Power

Books on martial law have been selling fast in the weeks after Marcos Jr. was elected president over fear that these will be banned or purged.

The News Lens

“Haunted by Our Continuing Pain”: Martial Law Survivors React to Marcos Restoration

Survivors of martial law in the Philippines gathered in the wake of the restoration of the Marcos family to power. They fear a return of the worst abuses from the era.

The News Lens

Archivists rush to preserve records of atrocities under Ferdinand Marcos Sr

Survivors fear documents may vanish when Philippine dictator’s son assumes office after election victory

The Guardian - UK

Marcos era survivors call for truth as new Marcos rises

Ferdinand Marcos Jr will become president on June 30 amid concern the brutality of his father’s regime is being erased.

Al Jazeera

Philippines election result is a win for dynasty politics

Alliance between Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte reinforces power of influential families

The Guardian - UK

New era for Philippines as Ferdinand Marcos Jr proclaimed president

Dictator’s son will take office on 30 June, marking the dynasty’s return to the seat of power

The Guardian - UK

Marcos Jr proclaimed next Philippine president with huge win

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been proclaimed the next president of the Philippines by a joint session of Congress following a landslide electoral triumph 36 years after his dictator father was ousted in a pro-democracy uprising

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WEKU

Philippine Supreme Court petition seeks to cancel candidacy of President-elect Marcos

The petition, filed Tuesday, seeks to disqualify Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s candidacy post-election on the grounds that he lied about not committing any crimes — a requirement to run for president.

Tribune News Service

Marcos-Duterte alliance shows cracks after historic election win

MANILA, Philippines — Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte joined forces to pull off the biggest Philippine election win in four decades. The question now is whether they can stay united over the next six years.

Reuters

Philippines' Marcos set for supermajority as 'Uniteam' dominates Congress

Philippines president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr is all but certain to command a supermajority in Congress, a proclamation of winners showed on Wednesday, boosting chances of advancing his legislative agenda when he takes power next month.

The Guardian - UK

The return of a Marcos to power in the Philippines is a warning to the world

Legacy and social media combined to glamorise ‘Bongbong’ Marcos’ family name, says Nicole Curato, a professor of political sociology

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The Guardian - UK

Ferdinand Marcos Jr urged to stop pretending he has an Oxford degree

University has said Philippines leader was awarded ‘special diploma in social studies’ in 1978, not a BA

The News Lens

What a Marcos Jr Presidency in the Philippines Means for Geopolitics

The Philippines might be Asia’s oldest democracy, but the continued appetite for strongman rule demonstrates a deep ambivalence about liberal democracy’s promises of political equality and rule of law and the likely continuation of the public’s acceptance of the autocratic practices that characterized Duterte’s presidency.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m disgusted’: readers in the Philippines on the 2022 election result

Seven Filipinos share their views on the victory of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr and the future they see for the country

The Guardian - UK

‘Lost’ Picasso spotted in Imelda Marcos’s home after son’s election win

Artwork’s appearance fuels fears family will use return to power to further stifle efforts to recover ill-gotten wealth

The Independent UK

Allies of Marcos Jr. set to dominate Philippine Congress

Allies of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the presumptive next president of the Philippines, appear set to dominate both chambers of Congress, alarming activists after the late dictator son's apparent election victory restored his family to the seat of power

The Hindu

Rise of the son: On the landslide victory of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Philippines

Marcos Jr. should disown his father's legacy if he is serious about restoring political accountability

Al Jazeera

Biden, Xi congratulate Marcos Jr on Philippine presidential win

Ferdinand Marcos Jr declares victory in Philippine presidential election, pledges to be a leader ‘for all Filipinos’.

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