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EDSA spirit is alive: Aquino family

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 12:32 PM

The EDSA spirit remains alive 37 years since it fueled a peaceful revolt that ousted the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. from power, the Aquino family said on Saturday. Read more »

Japanese documentary filmmaker jailed in Myanmar

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 06 03:27 PM

A Japanese documentary filmmaker detained in Myanmar's largest city Yangon in July was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison for sedition and violating a law on electronic communications, a military spokesperson's office said. Read more »

Forgetting the past is dangerous for nation: social scientist

Rowegie Abanto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 05:34 PM

Forgetting the past is dangerous for the country, an anthropologist said Wednesday as the country marks the 50th anniversary of the Martial Law declaration. Read more »

Unknown or forgotten facts that belie 'golden age' under Martial Law

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 04:25 PM

A lot have already been made known to the public as to what Martial Law did on the economy, the basic rights of the people, and the press. But here are some relatively unknown or forgotten facts during that period. Read more »

‘11,103’ tells the stories of Martial Law survivors

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Sep 21 12:33 PM

For Kara Magsanoc Alikpala, it’s important to tell the survivors’ stories. “We need to crowd out the false narratives.” Read more »

Findings from the diaries of a dictator

Amelie Ortiz de Leon
Posted at Sep 21 12:47 AM

Spanning the years 1970 to 1983, Ferdinand E. Marcos kept a diary. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 20, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 12:01 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Senators clash over martial law's 50th anniversary

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 20 11:45 PM

Several senators on Tuesday aired clashing views on how the country should approach the 50th anniversary of martial law. Read more »

Remembering Martial Law through art

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 04:54 PM

Various non-government organizations will be commemorating the 50th anniversary of the imposition of Martial Law in the Philippines on September 21, 1972. Read more »

Student convicted 3 years after being shot by HK police

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 04:37 PM

Chow Pak-kwan, 23, was shot at point-blank range by a traffic officer outside a subway station in November 2019 when protesters had called a citywide strike. Read more »

Imee Marcos defends 'Maid in Malacañang'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 02:13 AM

The film supposedly depicts the last 72 hours of the Marcoses in power before the ouster of their patriarch in 1986. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 21, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 11:44 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

ML@50 launched to counter historical revisionism

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 02:59 PM

The ML@50 seeks to counter all forms of historical distortions and revisionism about martial law and about the country during the time of Marcos Sr.'s rule from 1965 to 1986. Read more »

10 Argentines sentenced to life in prison for dictatorship crimes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 05:04 PM

They were found guilty of homicide, kidnapping, torture and rape, in a trial known as the 'Campo de Mayo Mega-case'. Read more »

A Timeline: The Marcos family's return to power

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Posted at Jun 30 09:21 AM

Here's a timeline of the Marcos family's rise to power after their return from exile in 1991. Read more »

[OPINION] Marcos rehabilitation, not all on social media

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at Jun 27 04:18 PM

Historian and political analyst Manuel L. Quezon III shared in a talk with VERA Files how meticulous the rehabilitation process was. We all blame social media which the Marcoses have mastered but Quezon said their analog or non-digital work was as amazing. Read more »

No history revision, just our side of the story - Imee

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 01 11:04 AM

Marcos Jr has distanced himself from charges of pillaging state coffers and economic mismanagement during his father's regime that later impoverished the nation. Read more »

Marcoses' victory 'not yet full absolution' of past issues: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 03:44 PM

President-elect Bongbong Marcos' victory in Halalan 2022 can be considered as 'some form of pardon' by the Filipinos and 'not yet a full absolution,' an analyst. Read more »

Academics pledge defense of martial law history vs revision

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 11:01 AM

Over a thousand educators and scholars in the Philippines and abroad have vowed to defend ‘historical truth and academic freedom.’ Read more »

From pariah to president: Marcos Jr returns family to Philippines supremacy

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 09:03 AM

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whose strongman father and namesake plundered the Philippines for decades, on Tuesday won a historic election victory, capping his clan's journey from pariahs to the presidential palace. Read more »