Ferdinand Marcos
Opinion
China relations
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.
- by Peter Hartcher
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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.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Analysis
Foreign relations
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.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
Private Sydney
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.
- by Andrew Hornery
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.
- by Jason Gutierrez and Mike Ives
Updated
Vale
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.
- by Jim Gomez
‘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.
- by Jim Gomez
Exclusive
Private Sydney
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.
- by Andrew Hornery
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.
- by Chris Barrett and Matilda Finn
Analysis
World elections
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.
- by Chris Barrett
Updated
World elections
Dictator’s son Marcos wins in election landslide in the Philippines
Three decades after returning from exile, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos jnr achieved a historic majority in the country’s presidential poll, according to unofficial results.
- by Chris Barrett
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