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[Philippine corruption] Fighting from a Distance How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator #9/70

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

[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #10/212

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

[Philippine corruption] Diary of a Dictator -- Ferdinand Imelda The Last Days of Camelot #9/234

Reporters desperate for a hint of interesting copy clustered around Aquino who, as usual, obliged. The senator regaled them with lively criticisms of the president.

[Korruption auf den Philippinen] HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR - Deutsche Ausgabe #22/128

Er war von Cory Aquino ernannt worden und hatte unter ihr das Militär angeführt, nachdem er geholfen hatte, seinen Cousin Ferdinand Marcos zu stürzen. Unter seiner

[Philippine's human rights violations] Martial Law Diaries, and other papers [corruption in the Philippines] #11/218

They may even forget that all they had for the whole day were scraps of food that helped assuage their hunger. They badly need rest for tomorrow would be another

[Korruption auf den Philippinen] HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR - Deutsche Ausgabe #17/128

Im Jahr 1968 vom Nachrichtensender ABS-CBN eingerichtet, wurden die brandneuen Studios 1972 geschlossen und von der Regierung beschlagnahmt, nachdem Ferdinand Marcos

[Philippine corruption] Fighting from a Distance How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator #8/70

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

[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #9/212

To the public at large, and at a safe distance, she did exude the confidence and poise of an heiress. But as with the image of Marcos, there were flaws in Imelda’s

[Philippine's human rights violations] The Marcos Dynasty #8/239

The most shop-worn joke in Manila was that the Philippines had spent “three hundred years in a convent, fifty years in a brothel.” The oligarchy kept the keys.*When

[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #8/212

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

[Philippine corruption] Diary of a Dictator -- Ferdinand Imelda The Last Days of Camelot #7/234

The young Harvard-trained attorney moved immediately into the cabinet. Always Enrile was particularly solicitous for the president’s safety, whispering warnings

[Philippine human rights violation] Duterte Harry fire and fury in the Philippines #7/120

3 TWO SMOKING BARRELS At the vanguard of the People Power Revolution that toppled Ferdinand Marcos was the spiritual leader of Filipino Catholics, the late Archbishop

[Philippine corruption] Diary of a Dictator -- Ferdinand Imelda The Last Days of Camelot #6/234

The regular Marcos column in the Expresscame from all the hours Tibo spent at the president’s side. Tibo’s extraordinary palace access made him privy to many high-level

[Philippine corruption] Fighting from a Distance How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator #5/70

10Holding Geny in a military prison cell in Manila was one way that Marcos kept Lopez at bay. Yet even after Geny escaped to the United States in 1977 (as will be

[Philippine's human rights violations] A Thousand Little Deaths Growing Up Under Martial Law in the Philippines #6/152

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

[Philippine human rights violation] Duterte Harry fire and fury in the Philippines #5/120

To Jesus’ left, in an alcove, a portrait of Duterte’s illustrious governor-father, Vicente, who’d died young of a heart attack in 1968, while serving as a member

[Philippine's human rights violations] Martial Law Diaries, and other papers [corruption in the Philippines] #7/218

He must think of something, do something to ensure people’s “ratification” of MC. Let’s wait and see - something is bound to come up and this is really going to

[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #5/212

In the crowd were United States Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, Prime Minister Chung Il-kwon of Korea, Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman of Thailand, and Prime Minister

[Philippine corruption] Diary of a Dictator -- Ferdinand Imelda The Last Days of Camelot #4/234

Yes, throughout the diary Marcos lies to himself. All the same, it provides an extraordinary view of history and a rarely witnessed event: the advent of a dictatorship.

[Korruption auf den Philippinen] HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR - Deutsche Ausgabe #4/128

So kann Desinformation, von unten nach oben und von oben nach unten, eine völlig neue Realität schaffen. Weniger als drei Monate später stürzten die Philippinen