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

, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!”

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

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

It’s Been a While... It’s been quite some time since I last wrote anything here. Not because I’ve been overly busy, but more because I didn’t really know where to begin again. After spending a month back

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

“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

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

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,

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

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