illegally arrested and whose relatives disappeared when Philippine former President Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law in 1972 intends to ask the Supreme Court to stop the government plan to bury Marcos in the heroes' cemetery, a spokesman for the group said Saturday. ...
When he declared the martial law in 1972, Marcos claimed that he had done so in response to the "communist threat" posed by the newly founded Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), and the sectarian "rebellion" of the Mindanao Independence Movement (MIM). Why martial law was declared in...
Before the two weeks of martial law had ended, a grand jury indicted 14 men in connection with the destruction — but not for the lynching of Hughes. FromWashington Post Alleging threats of communist subversion and “insurgency,” Marcos instituted national martial law in 1972 that would last ...
THERE are no fireworks today to celebrate the 32nd anniversary of martial law, which was imposed on grounds more imaginary than real, according to the veteran analysts.Manila Bulletin
Martial Law(1997) 110 min|Documentary Edit pageAdd to list Track On 21 September 1972, president Marcos promulgated a new constitution, in which the democratic principles of the Philippines had been laid down. In the subsequent fourteen years, however, Marcos did not take much notice of his ow...
September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand E. Marcos placed the Philippines under Martial Law, suspending the civil rights and imposing military authority. Congress was also abolished.
If Martial Law Was Not Imposed in 1972; (Editor's Note: If Martial Law Had Not Intervened Four Presidential Elections and Terms Would Have Followed for Vot... THERE are no fireworks today to celebrate the 32nd anniversary of martial law, which was imposed on grounds more imaginary than ...
This article discusses the metaphorical constructions of martial law that emerge from selected speeches and publications of Ferdinand Marcos from 1972 to 1985. Using a sociocognitive perspective informed by conceptual metaphor studies, the author surfaces conceptualizations that constitute a schema in which ...
On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081, declaring Martial Law in the Philippines. What followed was one of the most traumatic periods in our country’s history marked by a record number of human rights violations including numerous extrajudicial killings. Democ...
The opposition group was all armed in criticizing the move of the president citing several reasons but highlighting a possible repeat of the terrors and horrors of past during the administration of Ferdinand Marcos who declared the nation-wide martial law in 1972, which ended in a peaceful ...