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President Duterte pushes on with Marcos ‘hero’ burial

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday vowed to push through with the burial of deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the national “Heroes’ Cemetery” despite threats of protests. Even though the Marcos years were marked by widespread corruption and rights abuses, Duterte said that as a former president and soldier, the late dictator was qualified to be buried in the special cemetery. “I will allow him to be buried there. He is […]