Philippines’ Marcos and Duterte clan alliance ruptures

Less than two years after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was swept to power, his family’s alliance with his firebrand predecessor Rodrigo Duterte has been shattered. Accusations of drug abuse, threats to split the country and rumours of a coup plot have destroyed the public facade of unity between the Marcos and Duterte families, which joined […]

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