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Martial law victim at SF protest recounts trauma

Rommel Conclara | TFC News San Francisco
Posted at Sep 22 08:35 AM

Benji Pineda was a student activist in the Philippines protesting the Marcos regime when he was incarcerated by the police. Read more »

Why it's unlikely that Marcos would declare martial law

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 12:36 AM

Amnesty International said that some 70,000 people were imprisoned, 34,000 tortured and over 3,200 killed during the martial-law era. 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 »

Planned memorial museum for martial law victims faces funding problems

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 09:59 PM

HRVVMC Executive Director Chuck Crisanto said the agency only has a P31 million budget under the 2023 National Expenditure Program. Read more »

PH remembers, honors ex-president Fidel Ramos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 10:27 PM

Former Philippine president Fidel Ramos is remembered well as the general who broke away from the Marcos dictatorship, a move that eventually led to its downfall. Read more »

Campaign to highlight Marcos regime abuses launched

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 04:49 AM

Activists launched a campaign to highlight abuses committed by the Martial Law regime of the late Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Read more »

Marcos regime survivor patuloy ang paghanap ng hustisya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 02:58 AM

Saad ng isang martial law activist naging buhay na niya ang paghabol ng hustisya at katotohanan sa mga nangyari sa ilalim ng rehimeng Marcos. Read more »

Post-Marcos admins didn't bother to write 'correct history' of dictator's rule: ex-senator

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 04:11 AM

Former Senator Nikki Coseteng said the administrations that followed the regime of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. did not "pay much attention" to writing the “correct” history about his rule. Read more »

Bongbong says he's not spreading 'fake news'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 11:42 AM

Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos denied Saturday spreading false information about the events under the administration of his father. Read more »

Facebook 'main hub of fake news' in PH: fact-checkers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 03:12 AM

The atrocities of the Marcos regime are said to have been practically erased by disinformation. Read more »

Educate youth on martial law: human rights official

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 04:37 PM

The youth must be educated about the Martial Law atrocities under President Ferdinand Marcos to avoid historical revisionism, a human rights official said. Read more »

Talking about martial law facts not enough: historian

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 05:55 PM

A Filipino historian said the Marcoses may be taking advantage of misinformation on the martial law era to regain power. Read more »

Fight efforts to rewrite history: VP Robredo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 11:14 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo called on Filipinos to fight the attempts to whitewash the atrocities committed during martial law. Read more »

Propaganda web: Pro-Marcos literature, sites, and online disinformation linked

Enrico Berdos, VERA Files
Posted at Dec 12 04:06 AM

Heritage sites in Ilocos Norte and propaganda books all promoting the “greatness” of dictator Ferdinand Marcos are linked to one another, a study by two University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman researchers from the Marcos Regime Research Group concluded. Read more »

The day Marcos shattered the dream that Geny Lopez built

Raul Rodrigo
Updated as of Feb 22 05:06 PM

It was September 23 forty seven years ago when the entire nation opened their TV and radio sets and found only static in the airwaves. Martial Law had just been declared and the country’s largest network had been seized by the dictatorship Read more »