Tag: juan ponce enrile

Sure. #NeverAgain, right? But how EXACTLY is Imee Marcos connected to “Martial Law”?

October 17, 2018 benign0 8 Comments

Spied in a tweet recently that some bozo screeched “Never again to Martial Law” as senatorial candidate Imee Marcos posed for the cameras with her family at some public event. This got me to thinking. What’s Imee Marcos’s connection to “Martial Law” nga ba? Some (mostly communist and Yellowtard “activists”) may say the answer to…

Politics, Society

Fidel Ramos is the reason Filipinos suffer from ‘human rights’ fatigue

November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 benign0 19 Comments

Are “human rights” advocates pangit (“ugly”) as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte asserts? It’s an interesting question considering that the “human rights” advocacy was once unanimously lauded as a beautiful initiative in Philippine society. This was back in the days when “fighting for human rights” was fashionable in the Philippiens — long long ago in 1986…

Crime, Politics

Remembering the Heroes of the Martial Law Era

September 23, 2016 Celestino Manrique II 105 Comments

“As of the twenty-third of this month, I signed Proclamation Number 1081 placing the entire Philippines under martial law” said President Ferdinand E. Marcos on that famous television broadcast 44 years ago today, September 23. Before the declaration of martial law, the country was in a state of upheaval. It was the middle of the…

Civics, Government, Society

‘Unity’ is a double-edged sword President Rodrigo Duterte needs to wield carefully in his first 100 days

May 12, 2016 benign0 22 Comments

Here’s a thought. Let’s make use of the thinking of all these Martial Law Crybabies for a moment and start speculating as to what the first 100 days of President Rodrigo’s administration will be like. Specifically, let us consider this question: Will President Duterte push through the just resolution of all the crimes committed over…

Crime, Government

The Coco Levy Scam, Danding Cojuangco and Grace Poe

April 20, 2016 Virtual Vigilante 24 Comments

The Coco Levy Scam orchestrated by former President Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies (foremost of which was Danding Cojuangco) during the Marcos Dictatorship, taxed the coconut farmers in the guise of developing the coconut industry and alleviating the plight of the marginalized coconut farmer. Instead, the substantial funds generated from the Levy over the course…

Crime, Government, Politics

Dynasty activism: Anti-Marcos ‘activists’ disqualify politicians on the basis of their bloodlines!

March 8, 2016 benign0 63 Comments

Look no further than the venerable Fidel Ramos — former Philippine president and Army general extraordinaire. Today, nobody seems to remember him as one of the key implementors of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos’s allegedly atrocious Martial Law regime. Why have people chosen to overlook Ramos’s past as a Martial Law chieftain? Simple. Because after…

Education, Politics

The TRUTH about Martial Law: Young Filipinos no longer believe that it was all bad!

March 3, 2016January 3, 2022 benign0 178 Comments

The war for minds surrounding the 2016 elections now seems to be centred on how the last 30 years of “freedom” that was “won” in 1986 stacks up against the 20-year Martial Law regime of former President Ferdinand Marcos. You can see it in how much “lest we forget” messages that aim to “educate” the…

Crime, Featured, Government, Politics, Society

#EDSA30: What I’ve seen, heard and, now, think after 30 years

February 26, 2016 Vincent 11 Comments

(Note: This post is actually meant to be just a comment to Mike Portes’s latest article. But since it is long, I opted to post is as an article. And I wrote the recollection parts purely from memory.) It was exactly 30 years ago. Allow me to share as an ordinary citizen how I viewed it and…

Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Society