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.
Tag Archives: Martial Law
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video peddles FALSE claims about Martial Law declaration, Ninoy Aquino’s ties with communists
A video peddles false claims about the declaration of Martial Law and about former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr’s supposed ties with communists.
A Time of Turmoil: Never Pretty, Always True
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.
Doctor’s arrest recalls horrors of martial law
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo DID NOT say Duterte will declare martial law
The original video showing Robredo talking behind a face mask is spliced with audio of an unidentified woman’s voice.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on ‘revised history books’ against Marcoses carries FALSE claims
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens resurface INACCURATE claims about Martial Law
That the opposition leader during the Marcos dictatorship founded two rebel organizations which prompted the declaration of martial law is unsubstantiated.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Palimbang massacre and Marcos’ other transgressions against the Bangsamoro
President Duterte cites history when he talks about Mindanao, but never mentions human rights abuses under Marcos.
How Marcos kept his Martial Law plans a secret
“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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Duterte na ‘walang pang-aabuso’ sa Mindanao noong martial law, HINDI TOTOO
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.
