Tag: Marcos burial

Families of martial law victims seek reversal of SC ruling on Marcos burial

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A group composed of families of martial law victims filed a motion for reconsideration seeking to reverse the Supreme Court’s November 8 ruling allowing the burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The group, Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND), insisted that they still have until Monday, November 28 to appeal the decision of the Supreme Court. In their motion, filed through […]

Pres. Duterte: Anti-Marcos groups need no permits to protest 

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the police and military to remain in camps as he allowed anti-Marcos groups to protest on the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). Saying his decisions are always guided by the common good and the general welfare of the people, the President said anti-Marcos groups could freely hold their protests even without a rally permit. He declared […]

Peacetalks sa CPP-NPA-NDF, di apektado ng Marcos burial – Sec. Bello

(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng malakanyang na hindi madidiskaril ang usapang pangkapayapaan na isinusulong sa National Democratic Front (NDF) dahil sa pagpapalibing kay dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani. Ito’y matapos tutulan ng NDF ang  pagpayag ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na maihimlay ang mga labi ng dating pangulong Marcos sa LNMB. Sa press briefing sa Malakanyang, sinabi ni government peace Panel Negotiator at Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, natural lamang na maglabas […]

Deliberasyon ng mosyon sa paglilibing kay dating pangulong Marcos, ipinagpaliban sa susunod na linggo

(Eagle News) — Iniurong ng Supreme Court sa susunod na linggo ang pagtalakay sa dalawang bagong petisyon ng mga grupong kontra sa naging libing kay dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) noong Biyernes. Ayon kay Supreme Court Public Information Office chief Atty. Theodore Te, tinalakay sa En Banc Session ng mga mahistrado ang mga mosyon na inihain ng mga anti-Marcos petitioner. Pero ipinagpaliban anya ang pag-aksyon at itutuloy na lang sa […]

Exhume Marcos, Philippine court asked after hero burial

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Campaigners launched legal action Monday to exhume the body of former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, just three days after his burial in a national heroes’ cemetery triggered street protests. He was finally laid to rest Friday in a secretive ceremony at the “Cemetery of Heroes” with military honours almost three decades after his death, angering critics who accuse Marcos of massive corruption and human rights abuses. Relatives of victims of his […]

Palace won’t hinder widespread protest against Marcos burial

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang will not stop the widespread protests scheduled on November 25 by anti-Marcos groups. According to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, anyone has the freedom to express how they feel and that as long as the protesters will not violate any laws, such protest actions will be allowed.

Anti-Marcos rallies, not a security threat, says National Security Adviser

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)  — The National Security Adviser does not see the anti-Marcos protests as a security threat. According to National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., the government sees the anti-Marcos rallies as a form of democratic expression that should not be suppressed. “You would expect na merong kanya-kayang plano (both sides) as a matter of democratic advocacies,” Esperon said. https://youtu.be/wnJOkCBMWQQ

Marcos burial protesters ask SC to make Marcos family and AFP liable

QUEZON City, Philippines  (Eagle News) — The petitioners against the Marcos burial asked the Supreme Court to make the Marcos family and officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines answer for the burial of the former President at the Libingan ng mga Bayani last Friday (November 18). According to former Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo, they filed a 17-page petition for contempt asking the Supreme Court to order the respondents to pay a fine […]

President Duterte admits Marcos burial, a “raucous” issue, advises people to just “forgive”

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to anti-Marcos forces, particularly those who have been hurt by the late President Ferdinand Marcos’ more than 20-year rule to find a space in their heart for forgiveness, after the former strongman was buried in tightly guarded rites at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Speaking before he attended the APEC Leaders’ Summit in Lima, Peru, Duterte said that the issue about the Marcos burial was a very […]

Mga taga-Ilocos, ikinatuwa ang paglilibing kay dating Pang. Marcos

Ikinatuwa ng mga taga Ilocos Norte ang naganap na paglilibing kay dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani. Ayon sa kanila, maraming nagawa sa bansa si Marcos noong nabubuhay pa kung kayat marapat lamang na bigyan ito ng marangal na libing. Naniniwala rin sila na hudyat na ito ng pagkakaroon ng kapayapaan sa bansa. (Weller Reyes,Ilocos Norte EBC Correspondent)