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He said, Xi said: Why Beijing may seek to exploit Philippine political divorce

The president and vice president of the Philippines are at each other’s throats. But the row is a potential proxy for a much more significant conflict.

  • Peter Hartcher

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Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos jnr has moved to strengthen relations with the United States and its allies since taking office last June.

Philippines’ Marcos Jr gets red carpet treatment in Australia

The son of notorious dictator Ferdinand Marcos is the only South-East Asian leader to take the Lowy Institute’s stage during next week’s ASEAN summit.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with Philippines President Ferdinand R Marcos jnr at the presidential palace in Manila.

China’s provocations finally bring Australia and the Philippines together

It’s taken a mutual wariness, and even alarm, about China’s economic coercion and territorial expansionism to bond the two nations together.

  • Matthew Knott
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Controversies, courtrooms and lessons learnt

This year has been like no other in my decades in the news business, much of it dedicated to reporting on the great theatre of life – warts and all – as it is played out on these pages week after week.

  • Andrew Hornery
Radio host Percival Mabasa was shot dead.

Radio host who criticised the president shot dead in the Philippines

Journalist Percival Mabasa, known as Percy Lapid to his followers, had accused top Philippine officials of corruption in the hard-hitting radio program that he hosted for years in Manila.

  • Jason Gutierrez and Mike Ives
Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos bites his cigar.

Fidel Ramos, ex-Philippine leader who helped oust dictator, dies

Ramos was a US-trained ex-general who played a key role in the 1986 pro-democracy uprising that ousted Ferdinand Marcos.

  • Jim Gomez
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Ferdinand Marcos jnr poses with new Vice President Sara Duterte after taking his presidential oath.

‘No excuses from me’: Marcos jnr vows to get it done like his father

“My father built more and better roads, produced more rice than all administrations before his,” the new Philippines president said.

  • Jim Gomez
Tahni Hegyesi Fleming and her mother Analisa Corr.

Daughter of Ferdinand Marcos flies under the radar in Sydney

But the recent Philippines election victory of Analisa Corr’s half-brother Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos jnr means her days in relative obscurity have come to an abrupt end.

  • Andrew Hornery
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos.

Philippines’ new president Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos makes secret trip to Australia

Days after winning the presidential election in the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos jnr has quietly flown to Melbourne, where his youngest son is said to be enrolling to study.

  • Chris Barrett and Matilda Finn
Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos jnr arrives at his campaign headquarters in Manila late on Monday night.

There is a new Marcos in Manila and he wants a maritime deal with China

Western powers will have to engage Ferdinand Marcos jnr despite his family’s past to ensure the Philippines does not stray into Beijing’s orbit.

  • Chris Barrett

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