<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 04:14:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/marcos/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Fighting from a Distance How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator #9/70]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHAPTER 5Martial Law and BeyondHow the Dictator Usurped PowerAt his inaugural address as the sixth president of the Philippine Republic on December 30, 1965, at Luneta Park in Manila, Ferdinand Marcos]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philippine/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-9-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philippine/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-9-70</guid><category><![CDATA[philippine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tyrant.marcos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:50:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Corruption in the Philippines]  Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #10/212]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her reputation as an accomplished political arm of Marcos during the campaign was well deserved, and the President-elect conceded that she was responsible for a million votes, the margin that made him]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-10-212</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-10-212</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelwarning]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:01:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Diary of a Dictator -- Ferdinand Imelda The Last Days of Camelot #9/234]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reporters desperate for a hint of interesting copy clustered around Aquino who, as usual, obliged. The senator regaled them with lively criticisms of the president. Laughter echoed through the near-empty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@trevel.asia/philippine-corruption-diary-of-a-dictator-ferdinand-imelda-the-last-days-of-camelot-9-234</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@trevel.asia/philippine-corruption-diary-of-a-dictator-ferdinand-imelda-the-last-days-of-camelot-9-234</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[trevel.asia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:02:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Korruption auf den Philippinen]  HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR - Deutsche Ausgabe #22/128]]></title><description><![CDATA[Er war von Cory Aquino ernannt worden und hatte unter ihr das Militär angeführt, nachdem er geholfen hatte, seinen Cousin Ferdinand Marcos zu stürzen. Unter seiner Führung blühten die Philippinen auf und]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/aquino/@die.philippinen/korruption-auf-den-philippinen-how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-deutsche-ausgabe-22-128</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/aquino/@die.philippinen/korruption-auf-den-philippinen-how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-deutsche-ausgabe-22-128</guid><category><![CDATA[aquino]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[die.philippinen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:24:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine's human rights violations]  Martial Law Diaries, and other papers [corruption in the Philippines] #11/218]]></title><description><![CDATA[They may even forget that all they had for the whole day were scraps of food that helped assuage their hunger. They badly need rest for tomorrow would be another back-breaking day.This country will continue]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@policeviolence/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-martial-law-diaries-and-other-papers-corruption-in-the-philippines-11-218</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@policeviolence/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-martial-law-diaries-and-other-papers-corruption-in-the-philippines-11-218</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[policeviolence]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:41:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Korruption auf den Philippinen]  HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR - Deutsche Ausgabe #17/128]]></title><description><![CDATA[Im Jahr 1968 vom Nachrichtensender ABS-CBN eingerichtet, wurden die brandneuen Studios 1972 geschlossen und von der Regierung beschlagnahmt, nachdem Ferdinand Marcos das Kriegsrecht verhängt hatte. Marcos’]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@die.philippinen/korruption-auf-den-philippinen-how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-deutsche-ausgabe-17-128</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@die.philippinen/korruption-auf-den-philippinen-how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-deutsche-ausgabe-17-128</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[die.philippinen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:21:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Fighting from a Distance How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator #8/70]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is perhaps not surprising given the economic situation of this Western group and their historical tradition of political activism (this group was integral in the formation of the early California]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-8-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-8-70</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tyrant.marcos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:30:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Corruption in the Philippines]  Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #9/212]]></title><description><![CDATA[To the public at large, and at a safe distance, she did exude the confidence and poise of an heiress. But as with the image of Marcos, there were flaws in Imelda’s media image. Manila is a small city.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/imelda/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-9-212</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/imelda/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-9-212</guid><category><![CDATA[imelda]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelwarning]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:22:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine's human rights violations]  The Marcos Dynasty #8/239]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most shop-worn joke in Manila was that the Philippines had spent “three hundred years in a convent, fifty years in a brothel.” The oligarchy kept the keys.*When asked about the enormous wealth that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@thephilippines/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-the-marcos-dynasty-8-239</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@thephilippines/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-the-marcos-dynasty-8-239</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thephilippines]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:10:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Corruption in the Philippines]  Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #8/212]]></title><description><![CDATA[They kept faith and waited anxiously for the day when the country would have leaders brave and bold enough to break away from the onerous special relationship with America. Paradoxically, it seemed such]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-8-212</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-8-212</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelwarning]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 01:29:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Diary of a Dictator -- Ferdinand Imelda The Last Days of Camelot #7/234]]></title><description><![CDATA[The young Harvard-trained attorney moved immediately into the cabinet. Always Enrile was particularly solicitous for the president’s safety, whispering warnings when he detected the slightest hints of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/enrile/@trevel.asia/philippine-corruption-diary-of-a-dictator-ferdinand-imelda-the-last-days-of-camelot-7-234</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/enrile/@trevel.asia/philippine-corruption-diary-of-a-dictator-ferdinand-imelda-the-last-days-of-camelot-7-234</guid><category><![CDATA[enrile]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[trevel.asia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 04:09:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine human rights violation]  Duterte Harry fire and fury in the Philippines #7/120]]></title><description><![CDATA[3 TWO SMOKING BARRELS At the vanguard of the People Power Revolution that toppled Ferdinand Marcos was the spiritual leader of Filipino Catholics, the late Archbishop of Manila, wickedly named Cardinal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/filipino/@icc.philippines/philippine-human-rights-violation-duterte-harry-fire-and-fury-in-the-philippines-7-120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/filipino/@icc.philippines/philippine-human-rights-violation-duterte-harry-fire-and-fury-in-the-philippines-7-120</guid><category><![CDATA[filipino]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[icc.philippines]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:38:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Diary of a Dictator -- Ferdinand Imelda The Last Days of Camelot #6/234]]></title><description><![CDATA[The regular Marcos column in the Expresscame from all the hours Tibo spent at the president’s side. Tibo’s extraordinary palace access made him privy to many high-level secrets.“Sir — ?” Another apprehensive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@trevel.asia/philippine-corruption-diary-of-a-dictator-ferdinand-imelda-the-last-days-of-camelot-6-234</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@trevel.asia/philippine-corruption-diary-of-a-dictator-ferdinand-imelda-the-last-days-of-camelot-6-234</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[trevel.asia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:43:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Fighting from a Distance How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator #5/70]]></title><description><![CDATA[10Holding Geny in a military prison cell in Manila was one way that Marcos kept Lopez at bay. Yet even after Geny escaped to the United States in 1977 (as will be described later), Marcos still feared]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-5-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-5-70</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tyrant.marcos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:09:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine's human rights violations]  A Thousand Little Deaths Growing Up Under Martial Law in the Philippines #6/152]]></title><description><![CDATA[It was painted a pale green color I had seen in hospitals, and stirred up memories of Timmee, near death at the San Agustin Hospital. Every now and again, a guard knocked and quickly opened the door, checking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@presidents/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-a-thousand-little-deaths-growing-up-under-martial-law-in-the-philippines-6-152</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@presidents/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-a-thousand-little-deaths-growing-up-under-martial-law-in-the-philippines-6-152</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presidents]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine human rights violation]  Duterte Harry fire and fury in the Philippines #5/120]]></title><description><![CDATA[To Jesus’ left, in an alcove, a portrait of Duterte’s illustrious governor-father, Vicente, who’d died young of a heart attack in 1968, while serving as a member of the Marcos cabinet. To Jesus’ right,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/duterte/@icc.philippines/philippine-human-rights-violation-duterte-harry-fire-and-fury-in-the-philippines-5-120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/duterte/@icc.philippines/philippine-human-rights-violation-duterte-harry-fire-and-fury-in-the-philippines-5-120</guid><category><![CDATA[duterte]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[icc.philippines]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:37:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine's human rights violations]  Martial Law Diaries, and other papers [corruption in the Philippines] #7/218]]></title><description><![CDATA[He must think of something, do something to ensure people’s “ratification” of MC. Let’s wait and see - something is bound to come up and this is really going to be something!5 JANFM has come up with his]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/referendum/@policeviolence/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-martial-law-diaries-and-other-papers-corruption-in-the-philippines-7-218</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/referendum/@policeviolence/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-martial-law-diaries-and-other-papers-corruption-in-the-philippines-7-218</guid><category><![CDATA[referendum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[policeviolence]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 22:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Corruption in the Philippines]  Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #5/212]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the crowd were United States Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, Prime Minister Chung Il-kwon of Korea, Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman of Thailand, and Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke of Japan. Mr. Humphrey’s]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/manila/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-5-212</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/manila/@travelwarning/corruption-in-the-philippines-imelda-marcos-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-women-5-212</guid><category><![CDATA[manila]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelwarning]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 06:07:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Diary of a Dictator -- Ferdinand Imelda The Last Days of Camelot #4/234]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes, throughout the diary Marcos lies to himself. All the same, it provides an extraordinary view of history and a rarely witnessed event: the advent of a dictatorship. Despite pages filled with calculated]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@trevel.asia/philippine-corruption-diary-of-a-dictator-ferdinand-imelda-the-last-days-of-camelot-4-234</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@trevel.asia/philippine-corruption-diary-of-a-dictator-ferdinand-imelda-the-last-days-of-camelot-4-234</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[trevel.asia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 22:11:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Korruption auf den Philippinen]  HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR - Deutsche Ausgabe #4/128]]></title><description><![CDATA[So kann Desinformation, von unten nach oben und von oben nach unten, eine völlig neue Realität schaffen. Weniger als drei Monate später stürzten die Philippinen in den Abgrund. Der 9. Mai 2022 war der]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@die.philippinen/korruption-auf-den-philippinen-how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-deutsche-ausgabe-4-128</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@die.philippinen/korruption-auf-den-philippinen-how-to-stand-up-to-a-dictator-deutsche-ausgabe-4-128</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[die.philippinen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:25:39 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>