07-09-2017 12:44 via yahoo.com

Philippines' Duterte honours Marcos on 100th birthday

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte symbolically honoured Ferdinand Marcos on Thursday by declaring the late dictator's 100th birth anniversary a public holiday in the ex-leader's home province.It marked another step in the rehabilitation of Marcos 31 years after he was chased into exile in the US by a popular revolt that ended his 20-year rule marked by allegations of massive corruption and rampant human rights violations.Duterte, who considers Marcos to have been the country's best-ever presi
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