Tag: Ferdinand Marcos
Thousands of Filipinos demand end to killings in Duterte’s drug war
Children as young as five have become the latest victims in what's believed to be the bloodiest week in the Philippines since President Rodrigo...
Walden Bello: Duterte fascism and naked force ruling Philippines
"Like the anti-Marcos resistance four decades back, the only certainty members of the anti-fascist front can count on is that they’re doing the right...
Crispin Maslog on Marcos dictatorship corruption, abuses during Martial Law
The Balitanghali interview with Professor Crispin Maslog. Image: GMA News
Communications professor Crispin C. Maslog has made a series of warnings about "Martial Law amnesia"...
Philippines youth groups mark Martial Law’s 44th anniversary with protests
By a special correspondent in Manila
To mark the 44th anniversary of Martial Law in the Philippines today and to call to mind the atrocities...
Women victims tell chief judge of Marcos-era martial law torture
By Patty Pasion in Manila
Victims of horrifying acts of torture during Martial Law in the Philippines have recounted their painful experiences before Chief Justice...
Indonesia and Philippines confront the ghosts of past dictatorships
By Mong Palatino in Manila
Indonesia’s Golkar party wants former strongman General Suharto to be declared a national hero. In the Philippines, President-elect Rodrigo Duterte...
Duterte pulls off huge Philippines win, Marcos trailing narrowly
The Philippines will need to wait for nearly all of the ballots to be transmitted to see whether former dictator Marcos's son Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
Duterte, Marcos claim early leads in initial Philippines election results
Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr claimed early leads in the presidential and vice-presidential contests, respectively, as the initial...
Crispin C. Maslog: Martial law amnesia – we didn’t teach history...
I give my column space today to my favorite communication man, Professor Crispin C. Maslog. A former journalist with Agence France-Presse, Cris was director...
Mong Palatino: The ‘death of democracy’ in Southeast Asia
Democracy has died and been reborn several times in different countries in the region, writes Mong Palatino.
On March 2, 1962, General Ne Win led...
Martial law victim : ‘I wasn’t thinking of dying, I was...
From InterAksyon.com
ARCHIVE: Flashback to the declaration of Martial Law on September 21, 1972: InterAksyon.com posted a series of testimonies from human rights victims of...
