Really? The writers in this book lived through martial law and tell it like it was—a fake and tarnished gold. Dictatorship and its aftereffects explode on the scene as twenty-two experts take us through the ups and downs of seven presidential administrations since that fateful 1972 declaration...
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines — While Kim Jong-un threatens nuclear armageddon, a real war involving Islamic State loyalists that could have regional and potentially global consequences grinds on, far from the world’s view on the Philippine island of Mindanao. For six months, the island has been u...
Address on the evaluation of martial law in the Philippines - analyses the effects of martial law (e.g., lower crime rate, land reform, increased foreign investment, curtailment of civil liberties, higher cost of living, slow pace of social reform); discusses current events in the Philippines...
Cowen’s activist inclinations emerged early. Hearing stories about their mother’s early life in the Philippines under martial law sparked an awareness of social justice. They protested the Iraq War during high school, and in college mobilized against a law that let North Carolina’s local ...
The Philippines called on Asean and China to start tackling tougher issues on the South China Sea code of conduct amid frequent maritime confrontations. Hold a referendum on opening a casino: MP By Thai Newsroom Reporters A Democrat MP urged the government to hold a public referendum on whether...
Up until 2000 years ago, the Dharmic worldview was by far the predominant worldview for most of humanity – from Ireland in the West to the Philippines in the East. Though there were thousands of diverse individual cultures, languages, foods, customs and traditions among the ancient Indo-Europ...
‘be like water’ philosophy. Sison’s description of the anti-Marcos protest also alluded to the power of the flowing water, but his example was “the rain falling in torrents on a thousand raging rivers”, which I think accurately captured the essence of Philippines’s national democratic ...
Late Monday night, spontaneous celebrations erupted outside Mr. Marcos’s campaign headquarters, where huge crowds of Filipinos had gathered in peaceful protest against his father more than three decades ago. Supporters sang a martial law anthem, waved the Philippines flag and chanted: “Bongbong, ...
who were members of theNacionalista Party. A National Historical Institute (NHI, now theNational Historical Commission of the Philippines) plaque, installed in 1996, commemorates that event. It was the site of several political events immediately prior and during the country’sPost-Martial Law Era....
“I was a very obedient young person. So the effects of martial law were pretty much kept from me. Or kept from a lot of other people because there wasn’t a free press in the Philippines. I don’t think any of those atrocities — unless you knew how to get that kind of ...