VERA Files
Dekada 70, naging matunog ang pangalan ni Macli-ing Dulag, lider ng tribo sa Kalinga. Hindi mataas ang kanyang pinag-aralan pero may tapang na lumaban sa diktaduryang Marcos para sa daan-libong kababayan.
Rallies were held at places which were traditional venues for protest gatherings: Liwasang Bonifacio, Mendiola Bridge near Malacañan Palace in Manila and University of the Philippines in Quezon City.
Naudlot man ng labing-isang taon, ipinagpatuloy ni Teresita Ang See ang mga hangarin nitong pagbuklurin and Tsinoy community tungo sa kaunlaran ng bansa. Pakinggan sa Episode 20, Season 2 ng What The F?! Podcast kung paano bumuo si Ang See ng bagong organisasyon noong 1986, anim na taon pagkatapos ng martial law.
Para sa Tsinoy activist na si Teresita Ang See, hindi dapat maging hadlang ang lahi, lenggwahe at kulturang kinalakihan para makialam sa estado ng bansa.
A single human being represents the whole humanity; thus, August 30 represents humanity.- Argentinian Ma. Adela Antokoletz
According to the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission, there were 11,103 people who suffered under the Marcos regime and eligible to receive compensation from the P10-billion fund forfeited from the Swiss accounts of the late dictator’s family.
Art is a powerful way to express truth. View the horrors of human rights violations during Martial Law through the eyes of artists in the online exhibit “Pira-Pirasong Kwento ng Martial Law” organized by Buklod Sining and DAKILA.
The fight against lies is an uphill battle. But someone has to do it. As the Marcos family and their supporters ramp up the propagation of myths that distort history, scholars from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman are using the results of their search for truth and sharing it with the public. Joel […]
“Move on!” ‘Yan lagi ang sinasabi ng pamilyang Marcos para sanggahin ang kritisismo sa kanilang bersyon na maganda at masagana ang buhay noong panahon ng Martial Law sa ilalim ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Hindi sila umaamin sa mga pang-aabuso; hindi rin sila humihingi ng tawad. Ganun na lang ba ‘yun?
Sa paggunita ng ika-50 anibersaryo ng deklarasyon ng martial law ni dating diktador Ferdinand Marcos Sr. noong Setyembre 21, 1972, naglibot ang VERA Files sa Metro Manila at ilang probinsya para magtanong. Ano ang naiisip nila kapag naririnig ang martial law?