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A new leader in the Philippines, and a family’s old wounds

In this photograph provided by the Marcelo family, Emmanuel "Manny" Yap, pictured at left with family members, stand in front of a Christmas tree during December 1975 in his family's home in Quezon City, Philippines. Yap was among the more than 2,300 Filipinos killed or disappeared during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Yap, who is listed as missing, is presumed dead after being detained by the military, according to the family. (Marcelo family photograph via AP) In this photograph provided by the Marcelo family, Emmanuel "Manny" Yap stands during December 1975 in his family's home in Quezon City, Philippines. Yap was among the more than 2,300 Filipinos killed or disappeared during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Yap, who is listed as missing, is presumed dead after being detained by the military, according to the family. (Marcelo family photograph via AP) In this photograph provided by the Marcelo family, Emmanuel "Manny" Yap, pictured at left with family members, stand in front of a Christmas tree during December 1975 in his family's home in Quezon City, Philippines. Yap was among the more than 2,300 Filipinos killed or disappeared during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Yap, who is listed as missing, is presumed dead after being detained by the military, according to the family. (Marcelo family photograph via AP) In this photograph provided by the Marcelo family, Emmanuel "Manny" Yap stands during December 1975 in his family's home in Quezon City, Philippines. Yap was among the more than 2,300 Filipinos killed or disappeared during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Yap, who is listed as missing, is presumed dead after being detained by the military, according to the family. (Marcelo family photograph via AP) In this photograph provided by the Marcelo family, Emmanuel "Manny" Yap, pictured at left with family members, stand in front of a Christmas tree during December 1975 in his family's home in Quezon City, Philippines. Yap was among the more than 2,300 Filipinos killed or disappeared during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Yap, who is listed as missing, is presumed dead after being detained by the military, according to the family. (Marcelo family photograph via AP) In this photograph provided by the Marcelo family, Emmanuel "Manny" Yap stands during December 1975 in his family's home in Quezon City, Philippines. Yap was among the more than 2,300 Filipinos killed or disappeared during the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. Yap, who is listed as missing, is presumed dead after being detained by the military, according to the family. (Marcelo family photograph via AP) Presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. celebrates outside his headquarters in Mandaluyong, Philippines on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Filipino voters overwhelmingly elected Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., as president during the May 2022 elections, completing a stunning return to power for the family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., who ruled the country for more than two decades until being ousted in 1986 in the nonviolent "People Power" revolution. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila,File) An army soldier stands guard beside the People's Power Monument in Quezon City, Philippines on Friday May 27, 2022. Filipino voters overwhelmingly elected Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., as president during the May 2022 elections, completing a stunning return to power for the family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., who ruled the country for more than two decades until being ousted in 1986 in the nonviolent "People Power" revolution. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A worker cleans in front a wall with names of missing persons under the Ferdinand MarcosÅf dictatorship at the Memorial for the Disappeared in Paranaque, Philippines on Friday May 27, 2022. Filipino voters overwhelmingly elected Ferdinand ÅgBongbongÅh Marcos Jr., as president during the May 2022 elections, completing a stunning return to power for the family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., who ruled the country for more than two decades until being ousted in 1986 in the nonviolent ÅgPeople PowerÅh revolution. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) A picture of the late former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos with a slogan that reads "Marcos Dictator, Not a Hero!" is placed on the statue of the late senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., father of former President Benigno Aquino III as people gather at the People's Power Monument in Quezon city, Philippines Friday, Nov. 18, 2016 to protest against the burial of Marcos at the heroes cemetery. Filipino voters overwhelmingly elected Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., as president during the May 2022 elections, completing a stunning return to power for the family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., who ruled the country for more than two decades until being ousted in 1986 in the nonviolent "People Power" revolution. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) FILE - An activist lays flowers in front of a wall with names of martyrs and heroes who were the victims of the abuses of the Ferdinand Marcos Sr. dictatorship at the "Bantayog ng mga Bayani" or Monument to the Heroes in Quezon city, Philippines as they condemn the 5th anniversary of the burial of the late dictator on Nov. 18, 2021. Filipino voters overwhelmingly elected Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son of the nation’s notorious former dictator, as president during the May 2022 elections, completing a stunning return to power for the Marcos clan, which ruled the country for more than two decades until being ousted in 1986 in the nonviolent “People Power” revolution. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) FILE - Protesters stand in front of a wall with names of martyrs and heroes who were the victims of the abuses of the Marcos dictatorship during a rally at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, or Monument to the Heroes, to mark the 48th anniversary of the declaration of martial law on Sept. 21, 2020, in Quezon city, Philippines. Filipino voters overwhelmingly elected Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., as president during the May 2022 elections, completing a stunning return to power for the Marcos clan, which ruled the country for more than two decades until being ousted in 1986 in the nonviolent “People Power” revolution. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File) FILE - Demonstrators hold slogans as they gather at the People's Power Monument in Quezon city, north of Manila Philippines Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, to protest against the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Filipino Filipino voters overwhelmingly elected Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., as president during the May 2022 elections, completing a stunning return to power for the family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., who ruled the country for more than two decades until being ousted in 1986 in the nonviolent "People Power" revolution. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)