High Court’s Marcos burial decision dismays Martial Law victims
By April Layad B. Ayroso PROGRESSIVE organizations expressed dismay at the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss the six petitions against the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). The justices of the SC voted 9-5 in favor of dismissing the petitions against the order of President Rodrigo Duterte […]
SC decision on Marcos burial disgusting, survivors say
Showing disgust over the Supreme Court decision favoring the burial of former Pres. Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Martial Law victims took to the streets in protest on November 8, 2016. Marcos loyalists also took the streets opposite the protesters.
Martial Law victims condemn SC decision allowing Marcos burial at ‘heroes’ cemetery’
Condemnation of the Supreme Court decision junking petitions opposing the burial of Ferdinand Marcos at the Cemetery of Heroes came swift from the victims and survivors of the late strongman’s Martial Law. Hundreds gathered at the University of the Philippines on the night the decision was officially announced, vowing to continue their campaign to have […]
Scholasticans learn about Martial Law from victim
St. Scholastica’s College-Manila students learned about the atrocities of Ferdinand Marcos’s Martial Law from former political detainee and torture victim Bonifacio Ilagan in a forum last October 26. Organized by Bulatlat.com as part of its education series, the forum was aimed at informing younger generations of the dangers of romanticizing the late strongman’s rule. Watch […]
Martial Law activists call on youth to remember horrors of dictatorship
PROGRESSIVE groups marched to Mendiola last Wednesday, September 21, to mark the 44th year since dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law and to press their opposition to talk of another military rule in the country. Martial Law survivors and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants narrated their torture under Martial Law and called […]
‘Never again to Martial Law’ survivors say
SURVIVORS of Martial Law marched to Mendiola last September 21 to press their demand for justice on the 44th anniversary of its declaration. They were joined by recently-released National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultants who themselves were victims of the Marcos dictatorship. The activists also reiterated their opposition to the burial of the […]
Martial Law victims file petition vs Marcos burial as hero
Martial Law victims filed a petition before the Supreme Court yesterday opposing President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval of dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Cemetery of Heroes). The petitioners said that the Philippines will be a laughing stock of the rest of the world if a president it ousted in 1986 for […]
Enraged protesters push back police at EDSA 30th anniv commemoration
Enraged by the unexplained decision to prevent them from commemorating the 30th anniversary of the People Power uprising, militant groups overpowered the Philippine National Police to reach the EDSA Shrine at the corner of the famous thoroughfare and Ortigas Avenue. Waiting their turn after the official program led by President Benigno Aquino this morning, the […]