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September 1984 Welcome Rotonda Protest Dispersal
The September 1984 Welcome Rotonda protest dispersal was a landmark incident which happened on September 27, 1984, near the end of the administration of Ferdinand Marcos, in which pro-Marcos forces hosed down and fired tear gas on several thousand peaceful protesters gathered at Welcome Rotonda, a roundabout on the border between the City of Manila and Quezon City. They also fired into the crowd. Student leader Fidel Nemenzo was shot in the back, eventually recovering from the M-16 bullet that hit his liver, diaphragm and lungs. The protesters included 80-year-old former Senator Lorenzo Tañada and 71-year old Manila Times founder Chino Roces. Images of the event showing the two seniors struggling against the waterhosing and teargas unleashed by the pro-Marcos forces were published in Mosquito press publications such as Malaya and WE Forum, and quickly became iconic. This led to a further decline in support for Ferdinand Marcos, who was already losing significant support in the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martial Law Under Ferdinand Marcos
At 7:15 p.m. on September 23, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos announced on television that he had placed the Philippines under martial law, stating he had done so in response to the "communist threat" posed by the newly founded Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), and the sectarian "rebellion" of the Muslim Independence Movement (MIM). Opposition figures of the time (such as Lorenzo Tañada, Jose W. Diokno, and Jovito Salonga) accused Marcos of exaggerating these threats and using them as an excuse to consolidate power and extend his tenure beyond the two presidential terms allowed by the 1935 constitution. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 on September 21, 1972, marking the beginning of a fourteen-year period of one-man rule, which effectively lasted until Marcos was exiled from the country on February 25, 1986. Proclamation No. 1081 was formally lifted on January 17, 1981 by Proclamation No. 2045, although Marcos retained essentially all of his powers as dictato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Garcia
Edmundo "Ed" Guidote Garcia (born February 3, 1943) is a Filipino human rights activist, peace advocate, and writer. Garcia is best known for having served as one of the framers of the 1987 Philippine Constitution wherein which he advocated for the inclusion of human rights and social justice provisions in the charter, under the mentorship of CHR chairman and the acknowledged "Father of Human Rights" Jose W. Diokno. In 1970, then a seminarist, he co-founded the militant youth political movement LAKASDIWA ''(Lakas ng Diwang Kayumanggi)''. The movement and its distinct political ideology ( Filipino Social Democracy) sought to create a nonviolent path towards social change through a "parliamentary of the streets," drawing from diverse sources such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Liberation Theology, including indigenous philosophies. The group was conceived as an alternative to the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist (MLM) ideology of the Communist Party of the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 In The Philippines
1984 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1984. Incumbents * President: Ferdinand Marcos ( KBL) * Prime Minister: Cesar Virata ( KBL) *House Speaker: Nicanor Yñiguez * Chief Justice: Enrique Fernando Events January * January 27 – National and local plebiscites are held for the approval of the proposed constitutional amendments and local bills made by the Interim Batasang Pambansa. * January 31 – Huge rally against the Presidency and dishonest governance of Ferdinand Marcos held by supporters of Ninoy Aquino attended by around 25,000 people which resulted in a crackdown by Constabulary forces. May * May 14 – Parliamentary elections are held. The opposition runs for the Regular Batasang Pambansa under the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) and the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban) against the ruling Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) of Ferdinand Marcos. The KBL wins a majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Philippines (1986–present)
This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution, known as the Fifth Philippine Republic. The return of democracy and government reforms beginning in 1986 were hampered by national debt, government corruption, coup attempts, disasters, a persistent communist insurgency, and a military conflict with Moro separatists. During Corazon Aquino's administration, U.S. forces withdrew from the Philippines, due to the rejection of the U.S. Bases Extension Treaty, and leading to the official transfer to the government of Clark Air Base in November 1991 and Subic Bay in December 1992. The administration also faced a series of natural disasters, including the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991."Tarlac map" University of Texas in Austin Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 People Power Revolution
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, were a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud. The nonviolent revolution led to the departure of Ferdinand Marcos, the end of his 20-year dictatorship and the restoration of democracy in the Philippines. It is also referred to as the Yellow Revolution due to the presence of yellow ribbons during demonstrations (in reference to the Tony Orlando and Dawn song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree") as a symbol of protest following the assassination of Filipino senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. in August 1983 upon his return to the Philippines from exile. It was widely seen as a victory of the people against two decades of presidential rule by President Marcos, and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Sacred Heart Novitiate Raid
The August 24, 1974 military raid on the Sacred Heart Novitiate in the Novaliches district of Quezon City in the Philippines is considered an important turning point in the Philippine Catholic Church's resistance to the Marcos dictatorship. It was one of the key contributors to the emergence of the "middle force" of the opposition to Ferdinand Marcos, which were willing to work towards the dictator's ouster but were not part of the leftist opposition which had led the movement against Marcos up until that point. A Jesuit seminary, the Novitiate had become the subject of the raid because the regime's forces had mistakenly thought that a communist leader was holding a meeting there. When the 150 soldiers who conducted the raid found that the communist leader they were looking for was not at the seminary, they arrested a priest, Jose Blanco, and accused him of being the "secretary general of an allegedly anti-government organization." They also arrested the head of the Jesuit ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement Of Concerned Citizens For Civil Liberties
The Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties (MCCCL ) is an advocacy coalition in the Philippines which was first formed under the leadership of José W. Diokno in 1971, as a response to the suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus in the wake of the Plaza Miranda bombing. It became well known for the series of rallies which it organized from 1971–72, especially the most massive one on September 21, 1972, hours before the imposition of Proclamation 1081, martial law by the Marcos dictatorship. The coalition was reconvened in 2005, and it continues to do advocacy work and lead the democratic movement in the Philippines today. 1971 establishment With the Constitutional Convention occupying their attention from 1971 to 1973, statesmen and politicians opposed to the increasingly more-authoritarian administration of Ferdinand Marcos mostly focused their efforts on political efforts from within the halls of power. All this changed, however, with the Plaza Miranda bombing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bantayog Ng Mga Bayani
The Bantayog ng mga Bayani (), sometimes simply referred to as the Bantayog, is a monument, museum, and historical research center in Quezon City, Philippines, which honors the martyrs and heroes of the struggle against the Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, dictatorship of the 10th Filipino president Ferdinand Marcos. History Immediately following the People Power Revolution in 1986 that ousted President Ferdinand Marcos, Ruben Mallari, a Filipino-American medical doctor visiting the Philippines, proposed the creation of a memorial as a dedication to people who opposed the authoritarian rule of Marcos but didn't live past the People Power Revolution. The Bantayog ng mga Bayani Memorial Foundation was organized as a response to Mallari's suggestion, with Ledivina V. Cariño, former Dean of the University of the Philippines’ UP National College of Public Administration and Governance, College of Public Administration aiding with the creation of a concept paper for the memori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behn Cervantes
Benjamín Roberto "Behn" Holcombe Cervantes (August 25, 1938 – August 13, 2013) was a Filipino artist and activist. He was highly regarded as a theater pioneer, teacher, and progressive thinker who was detained multiple times during martial law in the Philippines. He directed the film ''Sakada (1976 film), Sakada'' (1976 in the Philippines, 1976), about the struggle of Negrense peasants at a sugarcane plantation. Copies of the film were seized by the military under the Marcos dictatorship. Musical scorer Lutgardo Labad described the film as "a major cinematic coup that unearthed the inhuman conditions of our people then." In 1981, the film won a Dekada Award for Best Film of the Decade. At the University of the Philippines (UP), he founded the theater group UP Repertory Company in 1974 "to combat the censorship that was in place during martial law." He was also a member of the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity. He was also founding member of the Philippine Educational Theater Asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Quimpo
Susan Ferrer Quimpo (February 6, 1961 – July 14, 2020) was a Filipino activist, author, theater artist, and art therapist best known for her advocacy work of educating the Filipino youth about the Philippines’ Martial Law era, and for co-writing the book “Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years.” Early life Susan Quimpo was born the youngest among the ten children of Ishmael and Esperanza Quimpo, and was a child when Martial Law was declared in 1972. Family activism during martial law The Quimpo siblings became a family of activists, with seven of her siblings joining the underground resistance against the Marcos dictatorship. One, Ishmael Jr., was murdered by the dictatorship, while another, Ronald Jan,was abducted at the age of 23 and is presumed dead. University of the Philippines and martial law Quimpo became a college student during the Martial law era, and like her older siblings, she became an activist, decrying the abuses of the Marcos dicta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tingting Cojuangco
Margarita "Tingting" Manzano de los Reyes Cojuangco (born Margarita Manzano de los Reyes on April 29, 1944) is a Filipina politician, philanthropist and socialite. She was the former chairman of the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) party and a member of the Council of Philippine Affairs (COPA). She was a candidate for a seat in the Senate in the 2013 Philippine Senate Election. Cojuangco lost in the election. She is the aunt of former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.Saturnino M. Borras Pro-Poor Land Reform: A Critique - 2007 Page 166 "The landholding in this case involves a landlord who has special ties with the national ruling elites: Geronimo de los Reyes is the father of Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco, who is the wife of Jose “Peping"" Early life and education Cojuangco was born on April 29, 1944, to Geronimo delos Reyes and Lita Manzano. In 1962, she married José Cojuangco, Jr. She is the mother of one of the prominent equestriennes of the country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarlac
Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac (; ; ; ; ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines, region. It had a population of 1,503,456 people according to the 2020 census. Its capital is the city of Tarlac City, Tarlac, which is the most populous in the province. It is bounded on the north by the province of Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija on the east, Zambales on the west, and Pampanga in the south. The province comprises three congressional districts and is subdivided into 17 municipalities and one city, Tarlac City, which is the provincial capital. The province is situated in the heartland of Luzon, in what is known as the Central Plain also spanning the neighbouring provinces of Pampanga, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Zambales. Tarlac covers a total land area of . Early in history, what came to be known as Valenzuela Ranch today was once a thickly-forested area, peopled by roving tribes of noma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
