MANILA – Books about the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his brutal era of martial law are flying off the shelves, spurred by “panic buying” after his son and namesake won the May 9 presidential election. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s presidency, set to begin on June 30, has many people worried about losing access
It’s hard to gloss over the record of Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, a man with film-star looks who manipulated the political machine, plundered the state to the tune of $10 billion and was responsible for the deaths of thousands of his opponents and the torture of tens of thousands more. His wife Imelda, with her
PHOTO GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE). The ICC investigation, however, was suspended two months later on after a deferral request by the Philippine federal government that also began its review of 52 drug raids during drug war operations in which the authorities stated over 6,200 people were killed for withstanding arrest. Its useless to report it
