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Sep 24, 2022

The 50-year old lie of Juan Ponce Enrile

I witnessed it. Countless others heard it on radio. The date was February 23, 1986. Fidel V. Ramos and Juan Ponce Enrile held a press conference announcing their historic break from the ruthless regime of Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. For Enrile, the dictator’s martial law administrator, it was a tell-all. He confessed before the world that his so-called ambush on the eve of September 23, 1972 when Marcos publicly announced the imposition of martial law was faked.

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The 50-year old lie of Juan Ponce Enrile
Sep 13, 2022

Ang Kwento ni Etta

Limang dekada na ang nakalipas mula nang idineklara ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ang batas militar. Pakinggan ang mga kwento ni Etta Rosales, isa sa mga nakasaksi at biktima ng malagim na kabanata sa kasaysayan ng bansa.

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Ang Kwento ni Etta
May 12, 2022

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kolumnistang si Tiglao hindi totoo ang sinabi na ‘peke’ ang Palimbang massacre

Hindi bababa sa tatlong ahensya ng gobyerno ang kumikilala sa Palimbang massacre, na kumitil sa buhay ng mahigit 1,000 Moro sa Sultan Kudarat noong Set. 24, 1974. Ang mga testimonya mula sa mga nakaligtas sa masaker, at mga naulilang pamilya, ay dokumentado ng Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC). Noong 2021, ang militar, ang mga puwersa na nauugnay sa masaker, ay naglabas ng isang pahayag kung gaano kahalaga ang paggunita sa mga pagpatay.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kolumnistang si Tiglao hindi totoo ang sinabi na ‘peke’ ang Palimbang massacre
Dec 16, 2021

BLIP ML

When I pick up a political conversation with the Omicron Generation and talk turns to Marcos and Martial Law, I either end up answering questions about how it was during the ML years or end up as if I were talking to a blank wall.

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BLIP ML