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Enrile denies gov't seized ownership of ABS-CBN from Lopezes during martial law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 06:06 PM

"The titles of all of these facilities were never transferred to the government. They remained with the owner...," former Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile told a congressional inquiry on ABS-CBN's franchise on Wednesday.  Read more »

No constitutional issue over ABS-CBN return to Lopez family: solons

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 08:37 PM

"I don't think there was any issue on the constitutionality of the return," said Rep. Michael Defensor, vice chairman of the House good government committee, a stand that was echoed by a number of congressmen on Monday.  Read more »

Judge Manuel Real: Unsung American human rights hero

Gerry Lirio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 02:21 AM

Californian Judge Manuel Real, who in 1995 ordered the Marcos family to pay martial law victims nearly $2 billion in damages, died almost unnoticed in the Philippines on June 26, 2019, five months after he celebrated his 95th birthday. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte, NTC use Covid-19 tragedy to create another tragedy

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at May 08 03:12 PM

Let’s remember these names: Gamaliel A. Cordoba, Commissioner; Edgardo V. Cabarios, Deputy Commissioner; Delilah F. Deles, Deputy Commissioner.   Read more »

OPINION: Oligarchy and rent-seeking

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Feb 20 09:17 PM

Today, an oligarchy and its coterie of rent-seekers are causing tectonic happenings in the country that will have lasting deleterious effects upon the current and long-term health of the Philippine economy.  Read more »

CHR warns dismissal of Marcos cases may lead to doubts on dictator's abuses

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 08:31 PM

The Commission on Human Rights warned that the recent dismissal of civil cases on the ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses may lead to the spread of fake news that there were no abuses during the Marcos dictatorship.   Read more »

Salceda asked: Is Duterte admin authoritarian or authoritative?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 19 04:50 PM

A lawmaker on Tuesday had to make a distinction after he put himself on the spot when he likened the Duterte administration to authoritarian regimes.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 20, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 12:07 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Groups mark 47th year after Martial Law

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 04:11 PM

Members of multi-sectoral groups gather in Mendiola, Manila on Friday for a program calling for an end to supposed political repression and human rights abuses against those critical of the government’s policies. Read more »

Carmen Diokno: Remembering an unsung heroine

Gerry Lirio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 06:07 AM

Diokno felt sorry for the burden Carmen had to bear, for raising the family by her lonesome, and for paying the price of being the wife of a Marcos critic. Read more »

Brazil's Bolsonaro makes waves with dictatorship remarks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 06:36 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday questioned the credibility of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses under the country's brutal military dictatorship, suggesting it was politically influenced by the left.  Read more »

Fighting graft conviction, Imelda Marcos still among richest lawmakers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 05:15 PM

MANILA - While fighting her graft conviction, outgoing Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos was ranked the third richest lawmaker in 2018, data from the House of Representatives showed.    Read more »

Palace: Marcos jewelry auction proceeds to go to Pinoys in need of urgent aid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 06:44 PM

Filipinos in need of urgent assistance will benefit from the public auction of former first lady Imelda Marcos' P704.8-million worth of jewelry, Malacañang said Friday. Read more »

Midterm polls, Senate bet Enrile's swan song?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 14 09:17 AM

At 95, former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile may have come up short in his attempt to revive his political fortunes.  Read more »

Imee Marcos dodges negatives in first Senate bid

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 09:40 PM

“Kering-keri po iyan!” shouted Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos before a crowd of young members of an LGBT group during a campaign sortie in Laguna, in what appeared to be a move to court members of the vote-rich youth group for her first Senate bid. Read more »

A trip down (a painful) memory lane

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 10:07 PM

Dubbed as “Marcos Manloloko: An April Fool’s Road Trip,” activists from the '70s, accompanied by  millennials, embarked on a tour of landmarks in the metro which they said were reminders of atrocities committed under the regime of the late President Ferdinand Marcos. Read more »

OPINION: Prologue: Remembering the Marcoses in exile

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Mar 28 11:44 PM

I have no answer to the moral question: “Why did God punish us by unleashing Ferdie and Meldy upon our fair land? I have long accepted that, somehow, we deserved them. Read more »

Filipinos mark 33rd anniversary of People Power Revolution

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 11:08 PM

Filipinos commemorated the 1986 People Power Revolution which ousted the Marcos dictatorship and restored democracy in the country. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, a TIME magazine cover did not say Marcos had been acquitted in all corruption cases

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 26 06:06 PM

A search of the TIME magazine archive shows that this is a doctored image and the original cover featuring Marcos did not describe him in this way. Read more »

Cambodia strongman Hun Sen derides 'democracy' in fiery speech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 29 09:10 PM

Hun Sen lashed out at Western governments for pushing "democracy and human rights" on his country, capping off a tumultuous political year with a fiery speech Saturday. Read more »