#Marcos philippines

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[oliver7106]

Jesus?Marcos Jr. is on drugs！

[nicdevera]

[cedrickjuans]

OUTSIDE (2024) | dir. carlo ledesma

[meta-holott]

1978 Philippines, Manila, April 7th, Ferdinand Marcos reelection, martial law, fire in Tondo

[humanoidhistory]

Imelda Marcos by the numbers:

"One day on a trip to Moscow in 1982, Imelda Marcos spent $7,842.31 on scarves and chocolates. On another day she spent $1,332 on macadamia nuts, and she apparently lost $1,000 in an airborne poker game. On a single day in September of that year, she spent almost $190,000 in jewelry and $62,000 on artwork in Manhattan. And on July 25, 1983, she made a $1 million down payment on a Michelangelo painting."

(New York Times)

[maya-chirps]

the vice president of the philippines issued a death threat against the president of the philippines, the first lady, and the speaker of the house of representatives and it's primarily because she was so pissed off about how the chief of staff of her office was being arrested for crimes related to corruption and contempt of court after she wouldn't answer for the strange spending of the office of the vice president and now people are speculating (some people say it's a confirmed fact?) that the vice president and her chief of staff are in a lesbian relationship including a popular controversy-hounding tv show and radio host calling her a slur and claiming she's a bisexual butch (we use the word tomboy in my country's culture)

i am not joking

english translation is in the alt text

random fun fact since this is insane: ac/dc is an old slang term for bisexual in the philippines haha

anw most ppl in the actual facebook post are calling out the tv/radio host for not having any friends and either way this is an absurd speculation

edit since i keep forgetting to add to this post:

atty. zuleika lopez later suddenly fell ill after she got sentenced to be transferred to an actual prison (classic political move here) and when she was finally being forced to transfer to a hospital known for keeping political convicts by the cops, vp sara duterte went out of her way to try to prevent them from closing the ambulance, telling them off for not dropping off lopez in the fancy hospital, before calling the cops who were trying to assist in transferring lopez "wag kayong bakla!" (don't be gay!) in a slur kind of way

actual quote starts 4:32

[tomorrowusa]

The Vice President of the Philippines, the daughter of a dictatorial former president, has threatened to assassinate the President of the Philippines, the son of a dictatorial former president.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin referred the "active threat" against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to an elite presidential guards force "for immediate proper action." It was not immediately clear what actions would be taken against the vice president. The Presidential Security Command immediately boosted Marcos' security and said it considered the vice president's threat, which was "made so brazenly in public," a national security issue. The security force said it was "coordinating with law enforcement agencies to detect, deter, and defend against any and all threats to the president and the first family." Marcos ran with Duterte as his vice-presidential running mate in the May 2022 elections and both won with landslide victories on a campaign call of national unity.

The opposition in the Philippines has difficulty uniting behind a candidate for president. The authoritarians have no such trouble though their unity does not always last past the election.

In a pre-dawn online news conference, an angry Sara Duterte accused Marcos of incompetence as a president and of being a liar, along with his wife and the House speaker in expletives-laden remarks. When asked about concerns over her security, the 46-year-old lawyer suggested there was an unspecified plot to kill her. "Don't worry about my security because I've talked with somebody. I said 'if I'm killed, you'll kill BBM, Liza Araneta and Martin Romualdez. No joke, no joke,'" the vice president said without elaborating and using the initials that many use to call the president.

Given her family's history, it's a good idea to take Sara Duterte's threat seriously.

Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte confirms existence of 'death squad'

[aphroditesknife]

Current president of the Philippines, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., watching F1 races while the country is in multiple crises

Current vice president of the Philippines, Sara Duterte, refusing to tell the public why she needs SO MUCH MONEY as Confidential Funds for "Education"

calling it a "shitshow" is an understatement

[aro-bird]

having a racing simulator in the president's house because of his 27yo zoomer son is so fucking funny like at the very least he isn't doing crack in malacañang

[motziedapul]

I never deny my privilege because my privilege is why I don't shut the fuck up ┐⁠(⁠´⁠ー⁠｀⁠)⁠┌

I moved to Canada in the middle of the Duterte administration that killed roughly 30,000 Filipinos. At the time, it was widely agreed that Filipinos could lose their jobs or even get arrested for speaking up against Duterte or his EJKs or extra judicial killings. As soon as I arrived in Canada, there was no risk of me losing anything for stating facts about a murderous fascist.

So I kept speaking up. I amplified messages people living in the Philippines couldn't. I knew what people were saying in public wishing they could say it in public, so at times I said it for them.

The same went for Marcos, though more people feel safer speaking out against him (even if he's a corrupt, plundering criminal). I spoke up against the useless son of a dictator and I even got targeted by his propagandist filmmaker (for bringing up tweets he made years ago admitting he dated a teenager in his twenties). He only stopped harassing me when my arnis martial arts teacher asked his dad why he was harassing me because they were friends 🤣

All that to say; it's very possible now with the way the Canadian government is leaning heavily on pro Israel sentiment that I'm at risk for being loudly pro Palestine, but I can't exactly pretend I haven't been exactly that for an entire year, so ┐⁠(⁠´⁠ー⁠｀⁠)⁠┌ however, I'm also aware of just how much public pushback there is against Zionism here, so I'll keep sounding the alarm regardless.

I'll keep yapping at the end of the day, because I know how many people aren't able to speak up for themselves, and want to.

[fatalefilipina]

Marina Summers for Unkabogaball 2022

[thespoliarium]

NEVER FORGET. NEVER AGAIN.

On the 21st of September 1972, 51 years ago, Proclamation 1081 was signed. This would become the deadly start of the Martial Law.

However, the masses only realized that it has started on the 23rd of September. How did this happen? An ambush against the then Minister of Defense, Juan Ponce Enrile on the 22nd of September.

The Marcos regime is anti-NPA, or New People's Army, sometimes called CPP-NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army)

Now, let's have some facts about the Martial Law.

1. 107,240 people are primary victims of the HRVs during Martial Law. - 70,000 are arrested. - 34,000 are tortured. - 3,240 are killed by the military police. 2. 464 media outlets were closed - 8 major English newspapers - 18 vernacular, Spanish and English dailies - 60 community newspapers. - 66 TV channels (including ABS-CBN) - 20 radio stations - 292 provincial radio stations. 3. 11,103 of these people are victims of human rights violations. - 2,326 were killed or disappeared. - 238 were r*ped and forcibly abducted - 217 were m*tilated, abused sexually, including minors. - 1,467 were abused mentally, psychologically, emotionally. - 182 were subjected to inhumane treatment - 699 are in arbitrary detention (more than 6 months) - 1,417 are detained between 15 days to 6 months - 1,239 are detained from 36 hours up to 15 days - 579 were in involuntary exile involving violence and illegal takeover of business - 2,739 were in involuntary exile involving intimidation and physical injuries

This remains a dark stain in Philippine history. And with another Marcos on the high seat, we voice out: NEVER FORGET. NEVER AGAIN.

Sources: Fast Facts: The Marcos martial law regime | Inquirer News https://twitter.com/indiohistorian/status/1485997495587151877

[linobrocka]

Signos (1983)

sa direksyon ni Mike de Leon

[cedrickjuans]

#every filipino household once -ber months starts

[radyo-kabaw]

'—he should be allowed to speak for himself.'

The First Filipino, Leon Ma. Guerrero