Originally published by Vera Files on June 15, 2024| diktadura.upd.edu.ph
If her “opposition” to her brother is simply an expression of sisterly concern, beyond the recently concluded elections, what will Imee do if helping the Dutertes greatly harms her brother, or her family’s reputation, which she has labored for decades to rehabilitate? Following the 2025 polls, it appears that Imee Marcos will retain her Senate […]| Diktadura – The Marcos Regime Research
People Power—truthfully against tyranny and dictatorship—is still alive. And it is stirring. By virtue of Proclamation no. 727, s. 2024, Feb. 25, 2025, the anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, was declared a “special (working) day” by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. The year before, Feb. 25 was not included in the list of national […]| Diktadura – The Marcos Regime Research
The fear of many during the 2022 elections campaign that a Bongbong Marcos presidency would lead to more Marcos Sr. “glory days” propaganda has come true. A “new” Marcos Memorial hospital Among the active advertisements for bids one can view at the Department of Public Works and Highways website, one will find documents regarding civil works for […]| Diktadura – The Marcos Regime Research
Unlike Sara Duterte, Carlito Dimailig issued no threats and just did it. Imelda hacked Fifty-two years ago this month, with martial law eleven weeks in effect, at around five in the afternoon of Dec. 7, 1972, Carlito Dimailig lunged at then First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos with a 12-inch bolo. Conspicuous in a dark suit, Carlito […]| Diktadura – The Marcos Regime Research
Originally published by Vera Files on November 19, 2024 There is something oddly appropriate about relatives of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.—namely his cousin, Philippine ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez and his sister, Sen. Imee Marcos—expressing concern about their undocumented countrymen being deported from the US under another Trump presidency, given that the American government […]| Diktadura – The Marcos Regime Research
Originally published by Vera Files on November 11, 2024 President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was spinning a tale when he talked about his father’s Bicol River Basin Development Project during a situation briefing on Oct. 26 in Naga City on the massive floods unleashed by severe tropical storm Kristine. “Itong mga lugar, mga Batangas, mga Cavite, nawala kaagad ang […]| Diktadura – The Marcos Regime Research
Originally published by Vera Files on October 24, 2024 There she was again, wrapped in a red shirt emblazoned with the Kabataang Barangay (KB) logo. Last October 10, 2024, Sen. Imee Marcos spoke with the media for more than an hour in a forum. She was asked questions mainly about her efforts to get reelected […]| Diktadura – The Marcos Regime Research
Originally published by Vera Files on October 3, 2024 After hearing the harrowing story of a survivor during last month’s national summit on combating online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC), a visibly-moved President Marcos said he could not help but shed a tear. “Accompanying those tears that I just shed,” he said, “was […]| Diktadura – The Marcos Regime Research
Originally published by Vera Files on June 15, 2024 It was my nearly seven-year-old son, who occasionally plays “retro” (2000s) video games, who helped me figure it out. I was puzzling over why the so-called Bagong Pilipinas hymn seemed so familiar. While we were listening to the song, my son asked, “Why does that sound […]| Diktadura – The Marcos Regime Research
Originally published by Vera Files on September 7, 2023| Diktadura - The Marcos Regime Research
The Marcos Regime Research (MRR) program is the response of the UP Third World Studies Center (TWSC) to the unabated tide of historical revisionism in favor of the Marcos regime - a re-prioritization of research on the rule of Ferdinand Marcos and the continuing influence of the Marcos family and their cronies in the Philippines.| diktadura.upd.edu.ph
Originally published by Vera Files on December 24, 2020. | Diktadura - The Marcos Regime Research