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  • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Marcos Jr defies sceptics in Philippines but economic challenges persist

    Residents fed up with inflation as president enters second year in power

    President Ferdinand Marcos Jr at Clark air base in Angeles City, Pampanga province, Philippines
  • Monday, 1 May, 2023
    Asia maritime tensions
    Biden says US commitment to defending Philippines is ‘iron clad’

    Comments come days after Manila accused Beijing of harassing patrol ship in South China Sea

    Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Joe Biden
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    Asia maritime tensions
    US and Philippines sink ship in South China Sea war games

    Ferdinand Marcos Jr presides over joint drills that seek to counter China’s strategy of area denial

    Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr, centre left, inspects a Himars rocket launcher before a live fire drill as part of the US-Philippines Balikatan joint exercise on Wednesday
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Interview
    Marcos Jr says Taiwan tensions ‘worrisome’ for Philippines

    President to tighten military ties with US but also hopes for better links with China

    Marcos in a conference hall
  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    Philippines
    China and Philippines vow to handle maritime tensions with ‘friendly consultations’

    Xi Jinping and Ferdinand Marcos Jr agree to bolster economic ties in a meeting in Beijing

    Ferdinand Marcos Jr walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping
  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    Asia maritime tensions
    US vice-president visits Philippine island off contested South China Sea

    Kamala Harris’s high-profile tour intended to show support for ally and counter Chinese assertiveness in region

    US vice-president Kamala Harris at Palawan
  • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
    News in-depthPhilippines
    Philippines balances security and trade in US-China contest

    Manila bids to strengthen ties with both nations amid fears it would be on the front line of any conflict

    Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr meets US president Joe Biden
  • Sunday, 4 September, 2022
    News in-depthTaiwan
    South-east Asia warily navigates rising US-China tensions over Taiwan

    Governments in the region seek to balance maintaining close relations with Washington and Beijing

    US secretary of state Antony Blinken meets the Philippines’ president Ferdinand Marcos Jr earlier last month
  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Philippines
    Marcos Jr takes office with promise to ‘sweat’ on Filipinos’ behalf

    President praises legacy of pro-Beijing predecessor Duterte but points to stronger ties with US

    Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos raises the arm of Sara Duterte during his inauguration on Thursday
  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    News in-depthOil & Gas industry
    Philippines tycoon targets control of nation’s biggest gasfield

    Enrique Razon seeks to buy stake in offshore project from presidential ally Dennis Uy

    Enrique Razon
  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    InterviewPhilippines
    Philippines’ economic tsar brushes aside fears of ‘cronyism’ under Marcos Jr

    Benjamin Diokno says president-elect has picked an apolitical economic team focused on solving problems

    Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr
  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Art Basel Hong Kong 2022
    Imelda Marcos’s jewellery becomes art in the work of Pio Abad

    The Filipino artist turns intimate objects owned by the dictator’s notorious wife into assertions of democracy

    A side profile of a man standing in front of a large photograph depicting a room with antique table and chairs
  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    News in-depthPhilippines
    Marcos myths lift dictator’s son to power in Philippines

    Online disinformation a driver of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos’s presidential win, analysts say

    Ferdinand Marcos Jr at his campaign headquarters in Manila on Monday
  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Philippines
    Marcos Jr poised to win Philippine presidential election

    Son of former dictator who looted billions from state funds spent years rebuilding political base

    Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr, centre, walks past the media after casting his vote on Monday
  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    The Marcos revival: how late Philippine dictator’s son went from exile to election favourite

    Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr aims for presidency to secure dynasty’s comeback

    Composite image of the Marcoses
  • Friday, 26 November, 2021
    News in-depthPhilippines
    Marcos Jr’s presidential bid stirs painful memories in Philippines

    Supporters say Bongbong should not pay for sins of his father, whose regime tortured and killed opponents

    Protesters burn images of presidential candidate Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and vice-presidential candidate Sara Duterte in Metro Manila
  • Monday, 15 November, 2021
    Philippines
    Philippines’ Duterte enters last-minute Senate bid as daughter bids for vice-presidency

    Sara Duterte expected to team up with late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s son, who vies for presidency

    Supporters of Sara Duterte, daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte, show their support during a demonstration outside the Commission on Elections office in Manila on Monday
  • Sunday, 17 June, 2018
    InterviewWorld
    Ferdinand Marcos Jr eyes Philippine presidency

    Son of former dictator jostles for position as Duterte successor

    BongBong Marcos or Bong Bong Marcos photographed in the Philippines on Tuesday 14th June for an FT Interview for World News
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