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    June 18, 2011

Philippines Rules Out Hero's Burial for Marcos

   VOA News
   A protester displays a placard with photos of the late Ferdinand Marcos
   and his wife Imelda at the People Power Monument opposing the proposal
   to bury the late dictator at the Heroes Cemetery, June 18, 2011, in
   suburban Quezon City, north of Manila
   Photo: AP
   A protester displays a placard with photos of the late Ferdinand Marcos
   and his wife Imelda at the People Power Monument opposing the proposal
   to bury the late dictator at the Heroes Cemetery, June 18, 2011, in
   suburban Quezon City, north of Manila

   Philippine President Benigno Aquino has decided not to allow the body
   of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to be buried in a cemetery for
   national heroes in Manila.
   The president's office said Saturday that a hero's burial was out of
   the question, but Aquino had yet to decide whether Marcos' body should
   be given full military honors. Marcos, who died in exile in Hawaii in
   1989, was an army officer during World War II.
   His remains were brought to his northern Philippine hometown in Batac
   in Ilocos Norte in 1993.
   Marcos was swept out of office in 1986 in a "People's Power" revolt
   that put President Aquino's mother, Corazon Aquino in power.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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