Source: Nytimes.com By: Miguel Syjuco MANILA — Mornings in the Philippines reveal bodies dumped outside slums. Averaging 13 a day, nearly 2,000 in the last two months, the bodies are hung with cardboard labels: purse snatcher, drug pusher, addict. The authorities...
Absolute power corrupts absolutely…and makes awful laws, apparently. Source: Oliver X.A. Reyes | Esquiremag.ph When President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972, among the first things he did was grant himself, and only to himself, the power to make...
I learned that if the people stand together, things can change. Our voices can be heard. Mr. President, Mr. Marcos: Are you hearing us now? Source: Patricia Barcelon | Esquiremag.ph I was at the first EDSA rally, way back in 1986. I was all of eight years old then,...
On Marcos’ myth-making, and how it has resonated via our increasing collective denial of what occurred during his Martial Law. First of three parts. Source: Nik de Ynchausti | Esquiremag.ph Ferdinand Marcos grasped the power of history. He understood, perhaps...
By: Perfecto Raymundo Source: Northbound Philippines News Online MANILA — The Sandiganbayan on Friday allowed former First Lady and now Ilocos Norte 2nd District Rep. Imelda Romualdez Marcos to post a PHP150,000 bailbond for each count of the seven...
Source: POLITIKO North Luzon Ilocos Norte 2nd District Representative Imelda Marcos had time to party on the day the Sandiganbayan convicted her of seven counts of graft but did not report to work the week after. The Ilocos Norte politiko had not been...
Remembering martial law in the Philippines: Education and media https://www.martiallawchroniclesproject.com/remembering-martial-law-in-the-philippines-education-and-media/
“Lahat kami, nuon at ngayon, nakikita man sa telebisyon o hindi, ay may malaking iniambag sa pagwawakas ng diktadura.”- Jo Enrica “Jean” Enriquez https://www.martiallawchroniclesproject.com/lahat-kami-nuon-at-ngayon-nakikita-man-sa-telebisyon-o-hindi-ay-may-malaking-iniambag-sa-pagwawakas-ng-diktadura-jo-enrica-jean-enriquez/
“Pinawalang-sala ako sa lahat ng kaso laban sa akin. Pero paano na ang halos isang taon kong nawala dahil sa aking pagkakakulong? Walang naging pananagutan ang gubyernong Marcos.”- Dr. Nestor Castro https://www.martiallawchroniclesproject.com/pinawalang-sala-ako-sa-lahat-ng-kaso-laban-sa-akin-pero-paano-na-ang-halos-isang-taon-kong-nawala-dahil-sa-aking-pagkakakulong-walang-naging-pananagutan-ang-gubyernong-marcos-dr-nestor-castro/