Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spent his political career trying to rehabilitate the family name. As the front-runner in the upcoming election, he may finally succeed.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivered his third State of the Nation address amid protests over living conditions. Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna light up Diwali with new 'Pushpa 2' poster ...

Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Philippines' president. Ore Huiying/Bloomberg The dustup between the Philippines' top political families — the Marcos and Duterte clans — has entered the realm of major ...

Poster children: Campaign posters for Sara Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila on October 22, 2023. Their fathers loom behind them. (Veejay Villafranca / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Toward ...

MAYOR Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City, known for his alliance with Liberal Party candidates in the previous elections, expressed his support for the senatorial candidates endorsed by President ...

For Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to make history, he first needed to rewrite his nation’s. His dictator father plundered billions of dollars from state coffers and stood accused of ...

Barrantes approached a driver proudly displaying Marcos Jr’s posters on his tricycle and smiling, made a pitch for Robredo.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. traded accusations of drug use with his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte in his first public rebuke of the former leader as the rift between the country’s ...

As the Philippine elections drew to a close on May 9, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, known as Bongbong, seemed all but assured to win the race against sitting vice president Leni Robredo. Despite the Marcos ...

A campaign poster of presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr and his running mate Sara Duterte. (Photo: CNA/Pichayada Promchertchoo) ...

So how is 64-year-old Ferdinand Marcos Jr, more commonly known by his nickname Bongbong, the frontrunner to be the next president of the Philippines when the country votes on 9 May?

The ultimate goal: catapult Marcos' namesake and only son Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, also known as “BBM”, to crush his rivals in the May ballot, and succeed President Rodrigo Duterte.