she is also the daughter of late former Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal and is of the royal blood due to ancestral lineage tracing her to Don Juan Macapagal, a great-grandson of Lakandula ...

(One president in the family is enough.) Three political families have produced six of the country's 17 presidents: Diosdado Macapagal and his daughter Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

The first president to push the program was Diosdado Macapagal in 1963. Others including Corazon Aquino have tried. But it's difficult to get the program implemented because the Philippine parliament ...