Saturday, May 2, 2026
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Tag: martial law

Square pegs in a round hole

"It is bad enough that as things now stand, the CHR can only recommend charges against those who abuse or violate human rights after...

Children of Mindanao’s endless wars

"Development aggression pertains to development projects that exclude and oppress the indigenous peoples and other marginalized sectors even further." Last Friday, I spoke at the...

ML under 1987 Charter a toothless tiger

"Under the 1987 Charter, the President, in cases of invasion, cannot declare Martial Law unless actual invasion occurs. Isn’t that crazy, and even stupid?" Last...

Never again a dictatorship

"That Juan Ponce Enrile is now suggesting going back to the martial law provisions of the 1935 Constitution/1973 Constitution is to forget and deny...

How to become a dictator

"One week after the official issuance of Proclamation 1081, the whole legal and extralegal structure to totally control the whole country was almost complete." Presidential...

The 50th anniversay of martial law circa 1972

"Experts on the Constitution point out that martial law is a last resort, one available exclusively to the President, to save the country from...

A day we must never forget

"To remember is to memorialize those who sacrificed their safety and personal desires so that future generations would not suffer what they did" This week,...

PBBM says ML painted as dark chapter in history by the ‘victors’

Martial law was painted as a dark chapter in Philippine history because the “victors wrote it,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Tuesday in an...

Constitutional anomalies in time of Marcos Sr.

"Never again must we have a Supreme Court that is not independent from the President." The Ratification Cases is a series of petitions challenging the...

The Aquino cases

"In questioning the jurisdiction of the military commission, petitioner Benigno Aquino Jr. insisted he was a civilian and his trial by a military commission...

A Lapdog or Watchdog

"There are four events in history which I believe must be clarified and even rectified for the sake of future generations because of so...

Martial Law survivors

As President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., namesake of his late father former President Marcos, takes his oath of office, former Commission on Human Rights...

Martial law data revisions ‘unlikely,’ Palace official says

Revisions on data regarding Martial Law posted on the Malacañang website are unlikely, a communications official said. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Kristian Ablan...

Only Leni and Kiko can!

On Monday, May 9, Filipino voters will troop to the polls to determine the country’s direction for at least the next six years. Will...
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