The son of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos placed a kiss on his grandmother's coffin Friday after a hero's welcome in his father's hometown, which hailed him as a future president.
Thousands of people in Laoag, 250 miles north of Manila, flashed V for victory signs and lined the streets to glimpse Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., who returned Thursday from nearly six years in exile.Old women wept and people waved the red, white and blue flags of his father's New Society Movement party when he drove past in a 60-car convoy from Laoag airport.
Several banners read: "Bongbong for President."
"What a waste that my dad is no longer here. This is what he would've wanted to see," the younger Marcos told reporters.
The 34-year-old son of the former president flew back to Manila Thursday, saying it was time to bury his father and start afresh.
He arrived four days before the scheduled return to Manila of his mother, former first lady Imelda Marcos, Nov. 4.