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WAS THE PHILIPPINES UNDER MARTIAL LAW AS PEACEFUL AS MARCOS APOLOGISTS MAKE IT OUT TO BE?
A WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED PUBLISHER OF THE MANILA TIMES, DON CHINO WAS AMONG THOSE JAILED WHEN FERDINAND MARCOS DECLARED MARTIAL LAW.
NEVER TIRE, NEVER AGAIN MILITANT GROUPS GATHER AT MENDIOLA IN MANILA FOR A RALLY ON FRIDAY MARKING THE 47TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW DURING THE MARCOS REGIME. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
「EVERY MARTIAL LAW ANNIVERSARY SHOULD BE A MOMENT TO SPREAD THE TRUTH AND SHOULD BE A TIME TO RESIST AND RISE.」
PROTESTERS FROM VARIOUS GROUPS – MANY OF THEM YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS – GATHERED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF METRO MANILA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, AND THEN MARCHED TO THE QUIRINO GRANDSTAND AT LUNETA PARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON, EXPRESSING A STRONG 「NEVER AGAIN,」 AT THE EVE OF THE 47TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW.
HONG KONG DEMOCRAT SAYS EMERGENCY LEGISLATION WOULD BE AKIN TO MARTIAL LAW, AS TRADE MINISTER OFFERS REASSURANCES
「SO ON THIS 47TH YEAR OF MARTIAL LAW, THIS IS THE CHALLENGE OF MARTIAL LAW BABIES LIKE ME FOR MILLENNIALS,」 PANGILINAN SAID.
CATHOLIC PRELATES URGED FILIPINOS TO NEVER FORGET THE “HORROR” OF MARTIAL LAW IMPOSED BY THE LATE PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS 47 YEARS AGO.
LEGAZPI CITY –– HUNDREDS OF ACTIVISTS, FARMERS, STUDENTS AND WOMEN IN BICOL WILL JOIN THE PROTEST ACTION IN LUNETA PARK COMMEMORATING THE 47TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — THE DECISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (UP) TO OFFER A SUBJECT ON MARTIAL LAW WAS PART OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM, SAID SEN. IMEE MARCOS WHO EXPRESSED HOPE HER FAMILY WOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED TO SHARE THEIR OWN VIEWS ON THE MATTER.
MEMBERS OF MULTI-SECTORAL GROUPS GATHER IN MENDIOLA, MANILA ON FRIDAY FOR A PROGRAM CALLING FOR AN END TO SUPPOSED POLITICAL REPRESSION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST THOSE CRITICAL OF THE GOVERNMENT’S POLICIES. THE GROUPS CLAIM INCREASING STATE REPRESSION FROM THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AS THE PROTEST COMES A DAY BEFORE THE 47TH COMMEMORATION OF THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW IN THE COUNTRY.
IT』S A SCARY THOUGHT TO CONSIDER, WHAT IF – WHAT IF MARTIAL LAW AND ITS UNCHECKED ABUSES CONTINUED TO THIS DAY, WHERE WOULD WE BE? WHAT WOULD OUR VALUES BE LIKE? IN THE LEAD UP TO MARTIAL LAW, I ALSO RECALL STUDENT MARCHES PASSING BY THE GATES OF A CATHOLIC SCHOOL I ONCE ATTENDED, THE ROAR OF INDIGNANT STUDENT VOICES TELLING ME SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. BUT WE WERE TOLD NOT TO ASK BECAUSE WE WERE TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND.
BUT IS RESORTING TO “MARTIAL LAW” THE ANSWER? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HONG KONG AND EVERYTHING THAT IT STANDS FOR?
STUDENTS FROM THESE SCHOOLS REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMEMORATING THE MARTIAL LAW DECLARED BY MARCOS AS CRITICS DECRY OF AN ONGOING DE FACTO MARTIAL LAW RULE UNDER THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE.
REMEMBERING THE LESSONS OF MARTIAL LAW IS NOW MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER AS ATROCITIES COMMITTED DURING THAT TIME ARE NOW BEING REPEATED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, A RELIGIOUS LEADER SAID ON MONDAY, AS VARIOUS GROUPS GEARED UP FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE SEPTEMBER 21, 1972, DECLARATION.
INDEED, THIS IS MARTIAL LAW MASQUERADING AS LAW AND ORDER.
THE FORMER HEAD OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES EPISCOPAL COMMISSION ON YOUTH SAID THERE IS A NEED TO EDUCATE THE NEW GENERATION ABOUT MARTIAL LAW SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COUNTRY DURING THAT PERIOD.

 

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