VERA Files
Netizens have been misled by a satirical Facebook (FB) post insinuating no one gathered at the People Power Monument during the 50th anniversary of the declaration of martial law. Published […]
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, […]
Sa isang press release noong Setyembre 11, sinabi ni Sen. Imee Marcos na ang Nutribun project ay pinasimulan ng kaniyang ama, ang yumaong diktador na si Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
The Nutribun was developed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 1968 to 1970. The Marcos Sr. administration was responsible for its distribution.
When Katips (short for Katipunan) was first screened in November last year, nobody knew the Marcoses were poised for a dramatic comeback.
In my column last Monday on the last 24 hours of the Marcoses in Malacañang on Feb. 25, 1986, I shared the narration of the late colonel Arturo C. Aruiza, […]
I’m re-reading the book “Ferdinand E. Marcos, Malacañang to Makiki” by Col. Arturo C. Aruiza, who served as aide-de-camp and confidant of the late president for 21 years until the latter’s death in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1989.
In his insightful piece in Time Magazine on the election as president of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the ousted dictator, scholar Jonathan Ong said: “To fight back, progressive leaders should advance their own counter-narrative and persuasive vision. But first, they must acknowledge their failure to listen.”
Cracks in the Marcos political machine started to show in the 1984 Batasan election. And the dictator’s last campaign ended in a popular revolt that forced him, his family, and his cabal into exile.
Not even the PR firm with some of the best access to the gates of power in Washington could save Marcos after his own military and the U.S. turned against him in the final days of his dictatorship.