Un-forgetting the brutality of Martial Law

My grandparents’ house has an underground hole. It has been there since before I was born. For this reason, I was never bothered about its existence; I thought it was originally part of the house – like a basement where Lolo could store his farm equipment. Besides, the oldest houses in their neighborhood also have small underground holes, so it was never unusual for us.

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Read more about the article Mindanao cities to join nationwide protest on 45th year of Martial Law
LIFT MARTIAL LAW. Progressive groups in Davao City appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte to lift Martial Law in Mindanao because of the rise of human rights violations. Activists protested in front of the office of the Commission of Human Rights XI on Friday, June 23, a month after Duterte declared Martial Law. (Robby Joy D. Salveron/davaotoday.com)

Mindanao cities to join nationwide protest on 45th year of Martial Law

Several key cities in Mindanao is slated to join the protest action on Thursday, September 21 to condemn extrajudicial killings in the country under the Duterte administration.

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Lumad and Moro people together with their support groups will hit the major streets of Manila to protest the various forms of militarist options that they say are being used by the ?"US-Duterte regime"? to counter armed conflicts and other problems in the country. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)

Thousands in PH protest amid nationwide Martial Law threat

There’s no stopping activists from holding protest actions here in time for the 45th year commemoration of the declaration of Martial Law.

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Read more about the article ‘Pasa bilis’: How they overthrew a regime before Facebook era
SNAP ELECTION. Workers from Davao City and Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur rode on a truck owned by the Aboitiz who supported then President Corazon Aquino. The rallyists gathered in Magsaysay Park, Davao City in support of the candidacy of Aquino and vice presidentiable Doy Laurel in 1986. (FILE PHOTO/davaotoday.com)

‘Pasa bilis’: How they overthrew a regime before Facebook era

Among the crowd of human rights advocates who founded a new group to oppose what they described as a brewing tyranny of President Rodrigo Duterte was 67-year-old Ogie.*

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