After the return of the Marcoses to power in the 2022 presidential election, there were grave concerns about the legacy of the EDSA People
Tag: ferdinand marcos
We must not lose focus on Sara Duterte’s anomalous spending of taxpayer funds
In a bizarre moment more akin to a parody than a government press conference, Vice President Sara Duterte delivered an incoherent, disjointed rant against
People Power Revolution anniversary latest casualty in Marcos campaign of historical revisionism
Each year on February 25, the Philippines undergoes a day of remembrance and reflection: remembrance of the peaceful uprising that toppled a dictator almost
We are seeing repression reminiscent of martial law, 51 years after Marcos Sr’s Proclamation 1081
On September 21, 1972 then-President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. signed Proclamation no. 1081, an order placing the country under martial law which heralded the start
Disappeared but not disregarded: Why we must continue the fight to end all enforced disappearances
What is a fate worse than death? It can be argued that a person suddenly disappearing is more taxing than merely dying. By vanishing
A new wave of Marcos desaparecidos emerges under Marcos Jr.
Enforced disappearances were a common occurrence under the first Marcos regime. By the time Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was ousted from power in 1986, there
Why the Duterte Regime could be much worse than the Marcos era
It has been 48 years since President Ferdinand Marcos placed the entire Philippines under martial law in 1972. The decade that followed saw a
Remembering the First Quarter Storm: the beginning of the end for the Marcos regime
Philippine history has enshrined the 21st of September as the date when deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law. However, another date that we
Remembering the Palimbang Massacre: when the Marcos government massacred Muslim Filipinos
The dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos was notorious for its killings – there were massacres of striking workers, of activists, the assassination of indigenous
We should never forget the horrors of Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship
On the 21st of September 1972, Filipinos remember the declaration of martial law by then President Ferdinand Marcos. It is an occasion to remind