By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Forty- two years have passed since Ferdinand Marcos placed the entire country under martial law on Sept. 23, 1972 (he signed Presidential Proclamation 1081 on Sept. 21, implementing it only two days later). But some Filipinos still argue that things were better during the dictatorship, while others…
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History teachers, activists teach the youth on the lessons of Martial Law
While many Filipinos are losing sense of the lessons of Martial Law and the Marcos dictatorship, activists and some history teachers are still keeping the light on the subject.
Martin’s history lessons
#NeverAgain | Groups call to end ‘Aquino dictatorship’
“The people will always resist. Aquino is treading the path of authoritarian rule by seeking a second term and by wanting to clip the powers of the Supreme Court while keeping Congress in his pockets.” — Renato Reyes Jr., secretary general of Bayan
Looking back 30 years ago
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Tomorrow it will have been 42 years since Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law and began a 14-year fascist dictatorship. Once again, personal experiences will be told or retold by those who endured the horrors and brutalities of military arrest, torture, detention and other…
Emergency powers? Not again
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective There is something ominous when the president asks Congress for emergency powers on the week that the country is about to commemorate the infamy of the Marcos dictatorship. Nothing good has come out, for the Filipino people, of the granting of emergency powers to the president. The best example, of…
‘Cordillera Heroes’ | The mountains’ vast, true wealth
During the dark days of Martial Law and up to the present, the mountains and rivers of the Cordilleras have been a flowing source of inspiration and hope, because of heroes who dedicated their lives to defend the right to life, land and self-determination.
Victims twice over
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Human rights victims of the US-backed Marcos dictatorship, have every reason to feel aggrieved and insulted by President Benigno S. Aquino’s appointment of a police general to head the martial law Human Rights Victims Claims Board (HRVCB). Mr. BS Aquino’s choice of someone in the top leadership of the…
Martial law survivors to Noy: ‘Are you insulting us?’
“The victims have been pointing to state security forces as the perpetrators of the human rights violations during the Marcos dictatorship. Why did Aquino appoint someone from the ranks of violators? It would be even better for President BS Aquino to appoint Gen. Palparan to complete the cruelty of his insensitivity.” — SELDA
“The authoritarian gene”
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Filipinos hailed the fall of the Marcos dictatorship 27 years ago, 14 years after the imposition of martial law on Sept. 21, 1972, as marking the end of a historical anomaly. Prior to Presidential Proclamation 1081, had not the Philippines been a democracy, and was it not…
Level up: Never Porkget
Anti-Pork Barrel protesters march from Luneta to Mendiola on the 41st anniversary of the proclamation of martial law. Photos by POM CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA