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(Eagle News) — Ten days after the Supreme Court’s controversial November 8 ruling, the Marcoses buried the late President Ferdinand Marcos in very private and tightly guarded ceremonies at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, catching the country by surprise, most especially the anti-Marcos activists. With no prior announcement about the event, the petitioners who had earlier asked the Supreme Court to stop the planned burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, are now indignant […]
(Eagle News) — The late President Ferdinand Marcos has now been laid to rest at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani in tightly secured proceedings where media coverage was barred. The funeral rites were supposed to have started at around 11:30 a.m., and by 12:40 p.m., people were seen leaving the compound of the Libingan ng mga Bayani. There was a 21-gun salute and the playing of “Taps,” according to Chief Supt. […]
(Eagle News)– The remains of the late President Ferdinand Marcos are set to be flown to Manila Friday morning, with the burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani scheduled at noon, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Dir. Oscar Albayalde said. In a radio interview, Albayalde said the late strongman’s body is expected to arrive at the LNMB at 11:30 a.m. via helicopter from Laoag, Ilocos Norte. “Eksaktong 12 o’clock ilalagak na,” he […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (November 10) – Finally, after six petitions and two deferments because of status quo ante order, the Supreme Court gives the green light to the burial of late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. There had been various talks, opinions and reactions regarding this matter. Many anti-Marcos groups expressed their vehement objections even before former president and now Manila Mayor Joseph “Erap” Estrada showed an early interest on pursuing the […]
(Eagle News) — Voting 9-5, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 8) voted to allow the burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery). The nine high court justices who voted to allow the burial are Associate Justices Arturo Brion, Presbitero Velasco Jr, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Mariano del Castillo, Jose Perez, Teresita de Castro, Jose Mendoza, and Estela Perlas-Bernabe. The justice who dissented were Chief Justice Maria […]
The Supreme Court is expected to rule today on the petitions opposing the Duterte administration’s controversial plan to bury the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Eight justices are needed by either side to win their case. The Supreme Court has earlier extended until November 8 the status quo ante (SQA) order that had initially stopped the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from preparing for […]
THE Philippine National Police relieved on Monday (November 7) the head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) as the national police investigated the death of detained Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr inside his jail cell. Supt. Marvin Marcos was relieved as CIDG-Region 8 head on Monday upon orders of the CIDG headquarters, according to an Inquirer report that quoted Chief Inspector Ma. Bella Rentuaya, Police Regional Office […]
(Eagle News) — The planned burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani will not materialize just yet. This was after the Supreme Court extended until November 8 the status quo ante (SQA) order that had initially stopped the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from preparing for the burial. The latest decision of the high court was announced by Supreme Court information chief […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (August 22) – Thousands of protesters arrived in Rizal Park despite of the bad weather in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement that allowing the Marcos family to bury the former President in the Libingan ng mga Bayani in September. The protesters came to show their dissent to the President’s decision and to urge him to change it. Many politicians joined the protests – mainly members of the Liberal Party – former Interior […]
