Juan Ponce Enrile, ally of Ferdinand Marcos Snr, dies at 101

Juan Ponce Enrile, a shrewd political operator who helped usher in the darkest repression of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos Snr’s rule, died on Thursday at the age of 101, his daughter said.
Enrile, who was being treated for pneumonia, died at home at 4.21pm “surrounded by our family”, Katrina Ponce Enrile said on her Facebook page, adding there would be a public viewing.
Known as the architect of the brutal martial law used to crush opposition to Marcos’ rule, Harvard-educated…