{
  "id": 4664178,
  "title": "In flood-hit Philippines, ‘out of touch’ Marcos slammed for private birthday serenade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/in-flood-hit-philippines-out-of-touch-marcos-slammed-for-private",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T15:00:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3365880/flood-hit-philippines-out-touch-marcos-slammed-private-birthday-serenade"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s birthday serenade for his wife might have been a private gesture, but as floodwaters overwhelmed much of Luzon – the country’s largest and most populous island and home to the capital Manila – a viral clip of him singing became a public-relations crisis. Observers told This Week in Asia that Marcos’ celebration of his wife, Marie Louise “Liza”…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}