<?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, 21 Apr 2026 16:26:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/philippine/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[[Philippine corruption]  Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines The Political Economy of Authoritarianism #10/163]]></title><description><![CDATA[, we decided for reasons of self interest to divest ourselves of the Philippines before local leaders wanted full independence, under conditions (world depression and looming war) which bid fair to destroy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/filipinos/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-10-163</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/filipinos/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-10-163</guid><category><![CDATA[filipinos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corruptions]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:49:39 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]  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[[Philippine corruption]  Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines The Political Economy of Authoritarianism #9/163]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Filipinos organized a government of their own, wrote their constitution, and established a government with a president, a congress, and a judiciary. While that government already existed in fact,39]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/filipinos/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-9-163</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/filipinos/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-9-163</guid><category><![CDATA[filipinos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corruptions]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:49:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine human rights violation]  Duterte Harry fire and fury in the Philippines #8/120]]></title><description><![CDATA[But what Digong lacks in stature, he more than makes up for in garrulous feistiness, and, once he starts, he doesn’t stop. What attracts attention to him is not really charisma; it’s more a macabre fascination]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/duterte/@icc.philippines/philippine-human-rights-violation-duterte-harry-fire-and-fury-in-the-philippines-8-120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/duterte/@icc.philippines/philippine-human-rights-violation-duterte-harry-fire-and-fury-in-the-philippines-8-120</guid><category><![CDATA[duterte]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[icc.philippines]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 12:05:27 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]  Pangayaw and Decolonizing Resistance Anarchism in the Philippines #3/76]]></title><description><![CDATA[Diseases from the West, or Baranganic Resistance Abandoned The oppressive conditions that could not be transcended by the pockets of resistance continued until the Enlightenment. Reason and science prevailed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/katipunan/@korapnapilipinas/philippine-corruption-pangayaw-and-decolonizing-resistance-anarchism-in-the-philippines-3-76</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/katipunan/@korapnapilipinas/philippine-corruption-pangayaw-and-decolonizing-resistance-anarchism-in-the-philippines-3-76</guid><category><![CDATA[katipunan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[korapnapilipinas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 07:43:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine history of tyranny]  Philippine society and revolution #9/86]]></title><description><![CDATA[On August 13, 1898, the mock battle of Manila was staged by the U.S. imperialists and the Spanish colonialists. After a few token shots were fired, the latter surrendered to the former. The U.S. imperialists]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/manila/@philippine.beach/philippine-history-of-tyranny-philippine-society-and-revolution-9-86</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/manila/@philippine.beach/philippine-history-of-tyranny-philippine-society-and-revolution-9-86</guid><category><![CDATA[manila]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philippine.beach]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:58:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Corruption in the Philippines]  Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #7/212]]></title><description><![CDATA[The next morning I sent for the chief engineer of the War Department, and I told him to put the Philippines on the map of the United States, and there they are, and there they will stay while I am President!”]]></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-7-212</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-7-212</guid><category><![CDATA[manila]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[travelwarning]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:37:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine human rights violation]  Duterte Harry fire and fury in the Philippines #6/120]]></title><description><![CDATA[The absent parents, the horsewhip, the crucifix, and the child-abusing priest; the paramilitary bodyguards, the disciplinarian Mayor Liaños, and the simple fact that he was the governor’s son, proved a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/davao/@icc.philippines/philippine-human-rights-violation-duterte-harry-fire-and-fury-in-the-philippines-6-120</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/davao/@icc.philippines/philippine-human-rights-violation-duterte-harry-fire-and-fury-in-the-philippines-6-120</guid><category><![CDATA[davao]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[icc.philippines]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:06:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine's human rights violations]  The Marcos Dynasty #6/239]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Hong Kong, Yankee agents struck a secret deal with Aguinaldo, returned him to the islands, and supplied him with weapons. They carefully avoided putting any commitments in writing. While Aguinaldo resumed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/manila/@thephilippines/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-the-marcos-dynasty-6-239</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/manila/@thephilippines/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-the-marcos-dynasty-6-239</guid><category><![CDATA[manila]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thephilippines]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:25:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello everyone , I hope you have a wonderful time !!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! I hope it’s not too late to wish all my Hiver friends a Happy New Year 2026 I hope your dreams from 2025 came true, and if some didn’t, no worries — we still have 2026 to make them happen.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-141359/@tommyl33/hello-everyone-i-hope-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-141359/@tommyl33/hello-everyone-i-hope-you</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-141359]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tommyl33]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:53:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnWgDUTC51sTFjNkFfAKNW3pXTr7eC3PVb72kficvxBjfvtzJYQsRbnsCPro5TL3X3dV8A7UcALn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></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 corruption]  Fighting from a Distance How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator #4/70]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Cancellation of passports, revocation of visas, even extradition are…childish threats…ignore them because they are idle.”6He reminded his audience that the United States was a signatory to a United Nations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/extradition/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-4-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/extradition/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-4-70</guid><category><![CDATA[extradition]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tyrant.marcos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 13:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines The Political Economy of Authoritarianism #5/163]]></title><description><![CDATA[Filipinos "filipinized" Christianity and Islam and blended them with their indigenous rituals and practices.' In towns where were founded "new" churches, such as the Philippine Independent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mindanao/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-5-163</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mindanao/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-5-163</guid><category><![CDATA[mindanao]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corruptions]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:47:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Fighting from a Distance How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator #3/70]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHAPTER 3Into the Land of the FearfulDread and ApathyMuch of the print coverage of the U.S.-based anti-Marcos groups tended to spotlight prominent exile figures. Having found the freedom to speak out,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/filipinos/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-3-70</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/filipinos/@tyrant.marcos/philippine-corruption-fighting-from-a-distance-how-filipino-exiles-helped-topple-a-dictator-3-70</guid><category><![CDATA[filipinos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tyrant.marcos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:48:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine corruption]  Ferdinand Marcos and the Philippines The Political Economy of Authoritarianism #4/163]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chapter 2A Nation DividedDivide et impera: Divide and conquer. The Philippines stands as "a nation divided against itself: divided between urban and rural, rich and poor, majorities and minorities, privileged]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/luzon/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-4-163</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/luzon/@corruptions/philippine-corruption-ferdinand-marcos-and-the-philippines-the-political-economy-of-authoritarianism-4-163</guid><category><![CDATA[luzon]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corruptions]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:16:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Philippine's human rights violations]  The Marcos Dynasty #3/239]]></title><description><![CDATA[display: block } .calibre2 { display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0%; margin-top: 0%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.71em } clear: both; display: block } .calibre8 { display:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@thephilippines/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-the-marcos-dynasty-3-239</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marcos/@thephilippines/philippine-s-human-rights-violations-the-marcos-dynasty-3-239</guid><category><![CDATA[marcos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thephilippines]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 23:28:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Corruption in the Philippines]  A Theological Understanding of Power for Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines #2/82]]></title><description><![CDATA[margin-bottom: 4px; } p.ParaOverride-2 { margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 9px; } font-size: 0.611em; } span._idGenCharOverride-3 { font-size: 0.661em; } border-bottom-color: #000; border-bottom-width: 1px;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philippine/@filipinos/corruption-in-the-philippines-a-theological-understanding-of-power-for-poverty-alleviation-in-the-philippines-2-82</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philippine/@filipinos/corruption-in-the-philippines-a-theological-understanding-of-power-for-poverty-alleviation-in-the-philippines-2-82</guid><category><![CDATA[philippine]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[filipinos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 01:24:09 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>