The president, Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, whose father in 20 years as a dictatorial president imposed martial law, is ...

President Ferdinand Marcos and ... In 1972, he declared martial law: Constitutional rights were suspended, the legislature was closed and Marcos held on to power for another 14 years.

The then president Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 on September 21, 1972, placing the Philippines under martial law. It lasted from 1972 to 1981. During this period, freedom of ...

ILOCOS NORTE, Philippines — In a campaign event that featured senatorial candidates dancing the budots, reminiscing on the ...

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. simply pointed out how the opposition-written history was unfair to his parents, without engaging in a debate about his father's "track record during his martial law days." ...

A half-century since former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos ushered in almost a decade of martial law, justice remains elusive for some victims of human rights abuses. Now that the dictator ...

as it draws potential parallels to historical precedents under Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s authoritarian regime during the martial law era. The centralization of power and authority, and the exclusion ...