Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos’ inauguration Thursday marked his family’s return to power 57 years after they first set foot in Malacañang. The Marcoses first occupied the official residence of the Philippine chief executive when Marcos Sr. took his oath of office as the 10th president on 30 December 1965. Known as the “Palace by the Pasig River, the original structure of Malacañang was built in 1750 and bought by the Spanish government in 1825 as the summer residence of its governor-general, The Marcos family stayed at the Palace for over two decades until the 1986 EDSA Revolution. The Marcos patriarch, in his inaugural speech in 1965, promised to make the Philippines “great again.”

Blancaflorm M. (2022, July 1). Palace by Pasig River, a comeback. Daily Tribune, pp. A1-A2.