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    Filipinizing the company. A few years after‚ Jimmy became the First Filipino President and Chief Executive Officer of Benguet Consolidated Mining Company. In the early 1980’s‚ there was a growing dissatisfaction from within the business community as Marcos cronyism wasted government money to save financially distressed crony companies. In 1981‚ Jimmy wrote a letter to Asian Wall Street Journal and

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    Ferdinand Edralin Marcos was born 11 September 1917‚ in the town of Sarrat‚ Ilocos Norte to Mariano Marcos and Josefa Edralin.[2] He was baptized into the Philippine Independent Church.[3] According to the family’s oral history‚ the original surname was Quidit‚ and their Ilokano stock had some Han Chinese and Japanese admixture.[citation needed] Marcos once claimed that one of his forefathers was a "15th century Chinese pirate." This pirate is the well-known Limahong or Lin Feng in China. Rumors

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    Martial Law in the Marcos regime can be considered as the dark period or age of the Philippines. Although a lot of infrastructures‚ buildings‚ and produce has been made during this era‚ it doesn’t negate the fact that many people had suffered and died because of an authoritarianism way of running the government. It can be also considered that our economy at that time was slowly approaching the countries which are called Asian tigers which was the richest countries but when Marcos takes the office a

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    Biography of Ninoy Aquino He smiles‚ but his eyes look wary. Aquino walks out onto the tarmac of the Manila International Airport‚ while uniformed men prevent his companions from following. Suddenly the sound of a shot rings through the plane. Aquino’s traveling companions begin to wail; three more shots sound. The western cameraman filming the event captures the image of two bodies lying on the ground‚ shot to the head. Soldiers hustle one of the bodies onto a luggage cart. Then‚ the soldiers

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    (Liberal Party)‚ President Gerardo Roxas and Sergio Osmeña‚ Jr.‚ (son of former President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines‚ Sergio Osmeña). The election was cancelled because of the bombing in plaza Miranda. Which made President Ferdinand Marcos to declare Martial Law and continue to rule Philippines. The Martial Law By definition‚ Martial Law is the temporary superimposition of military government over civil government. This military-run government is put into place in the event of

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    deposed President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos‚ these basic rights were suppressed by the military rule. I remember in the 70s‚ when you get caught roaming the street around 10 pm because of the imposition of curfew‚ you will be investigated. Many of those who violated were wrongly accused of subversion or those who were opposing the military rule. Many politicians‚ government employees‚ people’s organization and non-government organizations who rallied against the Marcos regime were accused of rebellion

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    dictatorship of Former President Ferdinand Marcos. Many countries were astounded by our country’s move and it draw much more attention because nobody died. With 2 million participants involved in the protest‚ the military was given a choice whether or not firing back to the protesters who are free of firearms and are only holding rosaries. And because of this the Filipino citizens were successful in overthrowing the dictatorship’s administration and the departure of the Marcos Family. The Filipino Citizens were

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    Reaction: BATAS MILITAR[1] The movie “Batas Militar” is a good movie because it showed us what really happened during the Marcos regime. It showed us how President Marcos greed for power. He wants to remain as president of the republic even though he was not elected as one. Marcos was a good president because in his time‚ the Philippines was raised and the economy was good but when his term starts to end‚ he still wants to remain on the office for good. He graved for power and never want to end

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    History Channel’s coverage on the Marcoses Summary When Ferdinand Marcos became the president of the Philippines‚ in his hands laid the full power and responsibility over the country. After a few years of his reign‚ his lust for power became demanding. So‚ then he decided to declare Martial Law‚ that was in year 1972. He had full control over businesses and also the media. Some people became resistant because they were afraid‚ but there was one man who wanted democracy to reign supreme. That

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    translated the hero’s valedictory poem‚ "Land That I Love‚ Farewell!" Joaquín served as a member of the Philippine Board of Censors for Motion Pictures under President Diosdado Macapagal and President Ferdinand E. Marcos. According to writer Marra PL. Lanot‚ Joaquín was untouched by Marcos’ iron fist. Joaqun’s first move as National Artist was to secure the release of

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