but he's been accused of spreading misinformation. jamila alan duncan reports from manila really the 22 year rule of president ferdinand marcus is seemed to day as a brutal and divisive period in philippine history. a people power revolution forced him out of office and into exile in 1986. but decades later, his son for ended in mark as junior and also known as bon bonded, is a front runner in this year's presidential election. my intention to run it may seem surprising to many, but the political resurgence of the marcus's didn't happen in an instant. oh, experts see the marcus's have spent years using social media to rewrite history or say, online means like this. new zealand prime minister has sinned, dark turn, breezing, bumble, marcus, junior, or of the american basketball superstar michael jordan, receiving a box of bread from the late president, have dominated, online chat groups. it's even said that the marcus says will give away tons of gold bars. and other treasure, if bonbon becomes president treasure, that fact checkers and journalists say does not exist. but the story has

the pandemic jamila alan duncan has more from bar hall, one of the philippines most popular serious destiny sheets. it's definitely base, i guess, on a lot of consultations with different government agencies. as you know, corporate cases have been slowing down steadily in the philippines over the last few weeks. there was already a plan to open the country to international tourist last year. but obviously the very dominant variance here is on the crime. so it is quite important for the country to open it nomic lee, that's because the philippines is one of the worst performing. the tourism industry is one of the worst performing in se, asia, the tourism industry contributes 12 percent to the countries g, d, p. and since the pandemic broke out, nearly 30 percent of all the filipino tourist workers have lost their job. so we are here in the hall, you know, one of the most sought after tours destinations in the country. we've spoken to the governor earlier, who said this is definitely looking like hopefully like the light at the end of the tunnel. as you know, the same province was also devasta