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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video peddles FALSE claims about Martial Law declaration, Ninoy Aquino’s ties with communists

By vera files fact check | May 20, 2022 12:07 PM

A video circulating online is making claims about the alleged “truth” behind the declaration of Martial Law and another on former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr’s supposed ties with communists. Posted by a TikTok user on May 16 and reshared by FB page Pilipinas Ngayon the following day, the video claims that: The Communist Party […]

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Arts & Culture

A Time of Turmoil: Never Pretty, Always True

By R.C.Ladrido. Images by R.C. Ladrido and Ateneo Art Gallery | May 13, 2022 8:50 PM

Ligalig: Art in a Time of Threat and Turmoil is an exhibit on the social realist art movement, presenting the varied responses of Filipino artists who have persisted in exposing the ugly side of society. It runs at the Ateneo Art Gallery until May 29, 2022.

Ateneo Art Gallery, Ligalig: art in a time of threat and turmoil, Martial Law

Commentary

Doctor’s arrest recalls horrors of martial law

By Tita C. Valderama | Feb 22, 2022 11:26 AM

The arrest last Friday of Dr. Ma. Natividad Castro sends shivers down the spine of many who experienced martial law. It is something that should not be happening in a democracy, particularly under an administration that claims that the justice system is well in place and working.

Dr. Ma. Natividad Castro, Martial Law

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo DID NOT say Duterte will declare martial law

By VERA Files | Jan 13, 2022 3:51 PM

The original video showing Robredo talking behind a face mask is spliced with audio of an unidentified woman’s voice.

Leni Robredo, Martial Law, Robredo

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on ‘revised history books’ against Marcoses carries FALSE claims

By VERA Files | Sep 30, 2021 3:35 PM

Historians tell otherwise, as the Marcoses have a history of commissioning books with their own version of their story about former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and his 21-year-old martial law rule.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens resurface INACCURATE claims about Martial Law

By VERA Files | Sep 27, 2021 6:06 PM

That the opposition leader during the Marcos dictatorship founded two rebel organizations which prompted the declaration of martial law is unsubstantiated.

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Palimbang massacre and Marcos’ other transgressions against the Bangsamoro

By VERA Files | Sep 24, 2021 10:54 AM

President Duterte cites history when he talks about Mindanao, but never mentions human rights abuses under Marcos.

Bangsamoro, Martial Law, palimbang massacre

How Marcos kept his Martial Law plans a secret

By Joel F. Ariate Jr. and Miguel Paolo P. Reyes | Sep 19, 2021 5:57 PM

“Of course, Imelda and I denied it.”
That was what then president Ferdinand Marcos wrote in his diary for September 21, 1972. It was his response when asked by Jose Aspiras and Carmelo Barbero, two of the strongman’s most loyal political lieutenants from the “northern bloc,” if rumors were true that he would declare martial law within 48 hours.

Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Martial Law

Fact Check Filipino

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Duterte na ‘walang pang-aabuso’ sa Mindanao noong martial law, HINDI TOTOO

By VERA Files | Aug 01, 2020 11:07 AM

Ang pagmamalaki ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na “natapos nang walang pang-aabuso” ang martial law sa Mindanao ay taliwas sa mga ulat mula sa iba’t ibang human rights watchdogs at advocacy groups.

Duterte, Martial Law, Mindanao

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte claim ‘no abuses’ in Mindanao martial law FALSE

By VERA Files | Aug 01, 2020 7:22 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that martial law in Mindanao “ended without abuses” runs contrary to reports from different human rights watchdogs and advocacy groups.

Duterte, Martial Law, Mindanao