Former President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez were among this year’s recipients of ...

After all, the elder Duterte took political risks to strengthen ties with the Marcos family, notably by allowing the burial of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

FERDINAND Marcos Sr. started as a Kennedy-like candidate in 1965 — young, good-looking, war hero and highly intelligent, with a beautiful wife, Imelda, and very young and adoring children Imee, Irene ...