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Primitivo Mijares: The insider turned whistleblower

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 05:53 PM

Forty years ago, Malacañang insider Primitivo Mijares suddenly vanished after he severed ties with then president Ferdinand Marcos.  Read more »

Librong 'Conjugal Dictatorship,' muling ipakikilala ng pamilya ni Primitivo Mijares

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 17 05:19 PM

Pero kasabay ng paggunita ng EDSA People Power movement, umaasa ang mga kamag-anak ni Mijares, na hindi malilimutan ang mga leksyon sa kontrobersyal na librong sinulat ni Primitivo Mijares. Read more »

Who was Primitivo Mijares? Gospel truths and urban legends

Gigi Grande , ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 02:07 AM

Forty years after Palace insider Primitivo “Tibo” Mijares vanished, what became of him remains unknown. Read more »

Suppressing free press is 'how dictators get started': Senator McCain

Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 07:55 AM

Senator John McCain, defending the media against the latest attack by President Donald Trump, warned that suppressing the free press was "how dictators get started". Read more »

OPINION: Why we should worry about martial law

Raissa Robles
Posted at Feb 19 01:04 AM

The youth are hungry for truth. And they are not the unquestioning zombies that some people like to depict them. In fact, they asked me some very tough questions. Read more »

No compelling reason yet to declare martial law, says AFP

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 07:10 PM

MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday said it does not see any compelling reason for President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law. Read more »

Marcos: a US-backed dictator with charisma

Mynardo Macaraig, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 08 03:56 PM

MANILA - Few leaders began their presidency with such promise and ended with such ignominy as the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos. Read more »

Duterte: My father stood by Marcos

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 09:20 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he cannot cut ties with the Marcos family, even as he has been criticized for admiring the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Read more »

Duterte: I have no plans to become a dictator

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 02:02 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he was not planning on becoming a dictator even as his bloody war on drugs left hundreds killed and raised international alarm. Read more »

Mga biktima ng Batas Militar, may hiling kay Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 10:43 PM

Isang araw bago dinggin ng Korte Suprema ang mga petisyon kontra sa pagpapalibing kay dating Pangulong Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani Read more »

Duterte is no dictator, says spokesperson

Doris Bigornia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 13 11:25 PM

DAVAO CITY – President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is no dictator, his spokesperson said, as outgoing President Benigno Aquino III raised yesterday the specter of martial law and the horrors that came with it. Read more »

OPINION: Himagsikan sa balota

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 04:02 PM

Para kay sociologist Randy David, ang pagkapanalo ni Mayor Rodrigo Duterte sa halalan ay isang uri ng himagsikan na idinaan sa balota. Read more »

A coronation for North Korea's Kim Jong-Un

Giles Hewitt, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 11:29 AM

After four years of top-level reshuffles, purges and executions, Kim Jong-Un will formally cement his unassailable status as North Korea's supreme leader at a landmark ruling party congress this week. Read more »

In The Loop: PNoy's warning; Trillanes vs Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 04:51 PM

Tj Manotoc keeps us in the loop on President Noynoy Aquino's warning that a Duterte-Marcos victory in the upcoming polls could lead to a dictatorship, Senator Antonio Trillanes' impeachment case against Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Yeng Constantino singing for the Angry Birds movie.  Read more »

PNoy warns of looming dictatorship

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 29 03:11 AM

President Benigno Aquino warned Thursday his country was on the brink of another dictatorship, in a thinly veiled reference to controversial politicians leading surveys to win the top two posts in next month's elections. Read more »

PNoy takes swipe at Duterte, Marcos

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 05:56 PM

President Aquino warned against the return of authoritarianism and dictatorship, as the tough-talking Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. maintained their lead in pre-election surveys less than 3 weeks before election day. Read more »

PNoy wants to stop new Marcos rule

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 26 05:21 PM

President Benigno Aquino on Monday said he would do his best to prevent the family of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos from returning to power. Read more »

Bongbong Marcos defiant on father's legacy

Cecil Morella and Karl Malakunas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 19 01:38 PM

On the verge of securing his family's biggest victory since their humiliating downfall three decades ago, Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos's son talks confidently about his political ambitions and his father's legacy. Read more »

New book offers young voters lessons on Marcos dictatorship

Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Mar 17 11:56 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Author Myles Garcia said he is doing what he can to help educate voters in the upcoming Philippine general election, particularly young Filipinos about the atrocities of the Marcos dictatorship and how they relate to vice-presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos.   Read more »

Ateneo faculty takes stand vs historical revisionism of martial law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 10 10:07 AM

MANILA - Over 400 faculty members and formators of the Ateneo de Manila University have taken a stand against the historical revisionism of the martial law era, saying they will continue to share the stories of human rights atrocities committed during that period. Read more »