THE SUPREME Court on Tuesday halted for a 20-day period the planned burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, handing an initial victory to critics of the late strongman and human rights victims.

Magistrates issued a status quo ante order sought by petitioners to stop next month’s hero’s burial for Marcos, which was earlier approved by President Rodrigo Duterte.

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