(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 11, said the Philippines should be renamed Maharlika. “Panahon ni (former President Ferdinand) Marcos, tama talaga si Marcos. Gusto niya palitan [ng] Maharlika, the Republic of Maharlika because maharlika is a Malay word and it means more of a concept of serenity and peace,” he said. According to Duterte, the word Philippines in the first place reflected remnants of colonialism. The word, after all, was derived from the Spanish […]