It has been 48 years since President Ferdinand Marcos placed the entire Philippines under martial law in 1972. The decade that followed saw a brutal crackdown on activists, the persecution… Continue reading "Why the Duterte Regime could be much worse than the Marcos era"
Philippine history has enshrined the 21st of September as the date when deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law. However, another date that we Filipinos should familiarize ourselves with in… Continue reading "Remembering the First Quarter Storm: the beginning of the end for the Marcos regime"
As the clock struck midnight on the final day of 2019, Filipinos not only welcomed in a new year but also the end of martial law in Mindanao. The imposition… Continue reading "Martial Law in Mindanao: What did it achieve?"
The dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos was notorious for its killings – there were massacres of striking workers, of activists, the assassination of indigenous tribal leaders, and also the mass… Continue reading "Remembering the Palimbang Massacre: when the Marcos government massacred Muslim Filipinos"
On the 21st of September 1972, Filipinos remember the declaration of martial law by then President Ferdinand Marcos. It is an occasion to remind ourselves of the brutality of the… Continue reading "We should never forget the horrors of Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship"
In an event organized by the Auckland-Philippines Solidarity and the Catholic Justice & Peace Commission, I had the chance of listening to Lumad activists who were visiting New Zealand to… Continue reading "Lumad Activists to New Zealand: “Help Us Stop the War Against Lumad Schools”"
The topic of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) has been dominating headlines recently, because of the number of fatalities in President Duterte’s brutal crackdown on drugs. It is a hot issue both… Continue reading "Remembering Charlie de Rosario: The First Desaparecido"
In a disappointing decision from the Supreme Court, the nation’s highest court ruled in favour of burying the remains of the late Philippine dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, at the Libingan ng… Continue reading "Ferdinand Marcos is No Hero"
