
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, September 7, 1993                   TAG: 9309070053
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LAOAG, PHILIPPINES                                LENGTH: Short

MARCOS' BODY TO ARRIVE TODAY IN PHILIPPINES

Ferdinand Marcos' body was to arrive in his homeland today, nearly four years after his death and 7 1/2 years after the former Philippine president's ouster in a people's uprising.

A chartered jet carrying the body was scheduled to land this morning in Laoag, the capital of Ilocos Norte, Marcos' home province in the Philippines. Burial is set for Friday in his hometown, Batac.

Thousands of people packed a cathedral in Agana, Guam, on Monday to honor Marcos as his body was brought to the U.S. territory en route to the Philippines.

"Despite the many things they say, he is my father, he is my president, he is my friend, he is my God," said Marcos' son, Ferdinand Jr. at the Mass.

Corazon Aquino, who succeeded Marcos, refused to allow the body to be returned for burial following his Sept. 28, 1989, death in Honolulu. Current President Fidel Ramos allowed the body to be returned to Ilocos Norte, but denied a Manila burial and presidential honors. The body was stored in Hawaii.

by CNB