The party-list system was meant to challenge elite politics. But it has instead become a bastion of families and contractors. This report provides the numbers: half of the 64 party-list representatives in the 20th Congress are members of active political
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/18 February) — I was in my first year of high school in February 1986. I can no longer recall whether it was on the 23rd or the 24th. But I can still remember how I
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 24 February) — In 1984, maybe earlier, according to the Left, then-Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and then-Armed Forces Vice Chief of Staff General Fidel V. Ramos, head of the defunct Philippine Constabulary, were already plotting
MINDANAO (MindaNews / 10 January) – A good way to start 2025 is by saying a prayer. But calling your church to gather in public and pray but stopping traffic, that’s something else. That is going to happen on Monday,
MINDANAO (MindaNews / 23 October) – Human sa meltdown, ay presscon diay to ni VP Inday Sara, kini nga mga hunahuna nagdagan sa among utok: Bisan pa muingon ang latest survey nga 50% sa mga taga Mindanao ang nagasuporta gihapon
Mayor Cesar C. Climaco of Zamboanga City, one of the key Mindanawon leaders who opposed the Marcos dictatorship, is gunned down in his city while about to board his motorcycle parked across a funeral parlor.
BERN, Switzerland (MindaNews / 15 January) — The last time Filipinos in Switzerland connected the Marcos name with Switzerland, it was about the late dictator, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., funneling vast amounts of stolen money into Swiss bank accounts that he
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — Maid in Malacañang definitely is an entertaining film. This, plus the present context of a ‘Marcos restoration’ via the massive win of PBBM (President BongBong Marcos) in the last election, multiplied the Filipino
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /02 May) – Way back in the angry 1960-70s at the height of the Vietnam war (that controversial war that erupted across Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia which began in November 1955 and lasted until the fall of
A viral claim on Facebook that the construction of the Manila Golden Mosque in the 1970s was fully funded by the Marcos regime is false. The construction of the Manila Golden Mosque, also known as Masjid Al-Dahab, in Quiapo, the
Today, the Filipino people commemorate the 36th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Uprising in time for the upcoming May 9, 2022 national and local elections. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.–the namesake son of the ousted fascist dictator, the late Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.–is
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 24 February) — The Cebuano-speaking kids born after the declaration of Martial Law up to that time when children’s activities were not yet mediated by computer screen, would start their game or any playful activity
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /15 February) – Presidential candidate Norberto Gonzales called on the academe to “tell your students or inform your students what happened in the past” and tell them that the campaign being waged by frontrunner Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 13 February) – “In a government of laws the existence of the government would be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. If the government becomes a lawbreaker it breeds contempt for law; it
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 Sep) – Maybe we should ask ourselves that question too: What lesson did we learn from Marcos? Besides, I’m a Martial Law baby, born two years after it was declared. Many of us grew up
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 Sept) — There are a few dates in Philippine History that bring a horrific memory to those who suffered the consequences of these historical events. One is 16 March 1521, ironically labeled the day when
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews/ 14 Nov.) – Justice may be slow but it has finally caught up with the wily and elusive Imelda Marcos. The load of guilt is quite heavy and it may finally sink the unsinkable first lady
21 September 2018 Today marks the 46thyear since the deposed President Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr. issued Proclamation 1081 which put the entire Philippines under Martial Law in 1972. It is telling that it is being marked while Mindanao is yet
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 August) — “Imee, how can we move on? ” the militant group Suara Bangsamoro (Voice of the Moro People) asked Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos in reaction to her statement calling on her family’s critics
(Note from MindaNews: This is the official transcript of President Rodrigo Duterte’s media interview, released by the Presidential News Desk of the Presidential Communications Office) Presidential Communications Office Presidential News Desk MEDIA INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE [Reception Hall,
MANILA (MindaNews / 24 Feb) — After 32 years, the euphoria of the EDSA People Power Revolution has subsided; the memory of people dancing in the streets upon the news of a dictator fleeing Malacañang into the bosom of his
On the 32nd anniversary of the 1986 Revolution that expelled the dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Konsyensya Dabaw honors Davao’s contributions to the social upheaval that was a major milestone in the ongoing struggle of Filipinos. Davao was host to political struggles
Protest actions to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law on 21 September 2017 were held nationwide, including in Davao City, home of President Rodrigo Duterte who is being urged to lift martial law. Duterte, the
Come September 11, 2017, it will be a holiday in Ilocos Norte Province. This is not new in the sense that Ilocanos have been annually celebrating the birth anniversary of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr. This Monday is distinguished
Passed through Lanao del Sur going to Cotabato and brought back that hometown feeling we have been missing for 48 days and counting. Lanao is still in a lockdown state as imposed by the security forces. We took the new
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 June) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said the Marawi Crisis was not a case of failure of intelligence but a case of connivance of politicians and warlords who allowed the Maute Group to stockpile
Martial Law is upon Mindanao and Mindanawons once again. We in Konsyensya Dabaw are alarmed that 31 years after the ouster of the Marcos dictatorship, with which Filipinos resoundingly rejected militarism and authoritarian rule, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte saw it
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /11 March) — A Davao City-based group has asked President Rodrigo Duterte, the country’s first Dabawenyo and Mindanawon President, to “desist from making further pronouncements about declaring Martial Law” and “immediately account,” instead, for the results of
(Note from MindaNews: This is the official transcript of the speech of President Rodrigo Duterte, released by the Presidential News Desk of the Presidential Communications Office) Presidential Communications Office Presidential News Desk MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE AT THE
“Activists of the 1960s and 1970s of the Philippines, unite and resist the rehabilitation of the fascist criminal and plunderer Marcos!” An organization of activists who fought it out during the heyday of the Marcos regime issued the “call to
Presidential Communications Office Presidential News Desk SPEECH OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE DURING THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF MOTORCYCLE RIDING COURSE CL 06-2016 [Delivered at Convention Hall, Felis Resort Complex, Matina Aplaya, Davao City | 2 December 2016] Thank you. Sit
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 December) – Not Bong, but Digong. The “kumpadre” who ordered Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald dela Rosa to reinstate Supt. Marvin Marcos was not Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, as alleged by
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 30 Nov) – Material existence is not the only reality. In many occasions the symbolism of an act turned out to be more “real” than what actually happened reckoned on how it impacts on the
So, the deed is done: a burial controversial, surreptitious, conspiratorial (verging on illegal?) for a deposed ruler branded dictatorial. While those who to him remain loyal smile broad and laugh triumphant, others like me grieve and are indignant. I grieve
Martial law victims in Cagayan de Oro City are joined by students Friday afternoon in protesting the burial of dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on Nov. 18. Photo courtesy of CONG B. CORRALES Read story
DAVAO CITY (MindNews / 26 November) — Yesterday in the course of the Davao response to the National Day of Unity and Rage Against the Hero’s Burial for Marcos, I was asked a few times what I thought of the
PATTAYA, Thailand (MindaNews/18 November) — The synonyms of the word defiled include debased, degraded, poisoned, tainted, tarnished, destroyed and ruined. The Libingan ng mga Bayani has just been defiled – debased, degraded, poisoned, tainted, tarnished, destroyed and ruined – with the burial of one
Presidential Communications Office Presidential News Desk Statement of President Rodrigo Duterte on the burial of late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayan Well, it seems to be a very raucous issue for the nation but I would
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 18 November) — Victims of human rights violations under martial law and members of militant groups gathered along San Pedro St. near City Hall in Davao City late Friday afternoon to express their outrage while black
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/12 November) — Ousted strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos will be given a 21-gun salute should his family’s wish to have him buried at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani push through, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday.
Presidential Communications Office Presidential News Desk SPEECH OF PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE DURING HIS VISIT TO TUGUEGARAO FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF GOODS AND OTHER ASSISTANCE AFTER THE ONSLAUGHT OF TYPHOON LAWIN [23 October 2016] Salamat po. Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, DSWD;
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 10 Aug 2016) – President Rodrigo R. Duterte, with due respect to the 16 million Filipinos who elected him, has approved and authorized the burial of the disgraced President Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — President RodrigoDuterte has given the Marcos family the go signal to bury the country’s strongman, former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on September 11, his
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 June) – Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., defeated vice presidential bet met with President-elect Rodrigo Duterte late Friday night until 3 a.m. Saturday and thanked him for, among others, allowing the burial of his father, Ferdinand Sr. at
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 May) — Dear Mayor Duterte: There are that feelings of sadness, anger, betrayal, and confusion when I heard you announce your approval of the late President Marcos’ burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Sadness.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 Aprili) – The return of another Marcos in Malacanang is “courting a grave and inevitable disaster for the Filipino nation,” the National Democratic Front (NDF) in Southern Mindanao said in a statement titled “A cautionary reminder: History,
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 30 March) – In recent memory, Marcos trampled on the rights and freedoms of the Filipino people in rushing forward his New Society whose harrowing impact haunts to this day. Dangled before us at the
