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To the Point By Emil Jurado Manila Standard Today When President Aquino, claiming he was biased, passed on to Vice President Jejomar Binay the burden of deciding what to do about the remains of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, we were made to understand that whatever judgment Binay would make would be final. Binay offered a Solomonic solution. While Marcos should not be buried at Read More …

CITIZEN Y By Yoly Villanueva-Ong The Philippine Star VP Binay was well-advised to render a “Solomonic” judgment on the burial of Ferdinand Marcos. Well-advised for 2016. Not wishing to offend the Ilocanos, he did the next best thing. Recommend full military honors but nix burial in Libingan ng mga Bayani. Considering that he was with the First-Quarter-Storm that doggedly opposed the Marcos regime, political elasticity Read More …

PerryScope By Perry Diaz Finally, after four months of waiting for a presidential decision on whether to allow or not allow the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay submitted his recommendation to the President that Marcos be buried with “full military honors” in Ilocos Norte, Marcos’ home province. In my editorial, “Good Read More …

PIA Press Release Monday, June 06, 2011 by Cristina Arzadon SARRAT, Ilocos Norte, June 6 (PIA) — The Marcos family sees a closure on the burial place for the late President Ferdinand Marcos following Vice President Jejomar Binay’s recommendation that he be buried in his home province of Ilocos Norte with full military honors. Binay’s recommendation for full military honors for Marcos in his home Read More …

EDITORIAL By Perry Diaz Global Balita Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay’s recommendation to bury the remains of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos with “full military honors” in his home province of Ilocos Norte, not at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery), is the best solution to President Benigno Aquino III’s dilemma.  It’s an equitable compromise considering that it has divided the people in Read More …

GLIMPSES By Jose Ma. Montelibano It is simply time, and timely. The Marcos issue is not over, and legal circumstances cannot just be buried, especially if there remain opportunities for country to recover illegally obtained wealth. Legal cases, however, can be pursued more dispassionately, less acrimoniously. The government has recovered some, lost some, and after twenty-five years, no one seems ready to kill one another Read More …