It was August 21st, 1983. Benigno Aquino Jr., a Philippine Senate, stepped onto a flight back to his hometown in the Philippines after a three year self-exile in the United States. Little did he know, he would be taking his last few breaths in that very moment. The plane landed at the airport and Beningo was beginning to be escorted by police back to prison after being framed of disobeying the laws of Ferdinand Marcos, Aquino's longtime political opponent who had become the president of the Philippines
democracy. One of the Philippines more influential revolution leaders was influenced by the teachings and beliefs of the renowned “originator of the modern nonviolent or passive resistance movement”, Mahatma Gandhi (Bedford/St. Martin's 445). Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino is one of Marcos political opponents ordered to be immediately arrested after declaring the martial law. While wrongfully incarcerated by Marcos Ninoy read Gandhi whose life and work greatly influenced him to want to free his people in the
important to remember that it takes a whole lot of Filipinos to raise a country such as the Philippines. These thoughts were formed into my consciousness as I revisited the period when Ferdinand E. Marcos once lead the country and the time when Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III just became our leader; it is definitely odd that I felt a sense of apprehension seeping within my bones as a read, perhaps the reason for all my uneasiness is that seeing how time unfolded a series of events for the two of these great
Just about every country in the entire world has experienced a revolution because people have always wanted a change whether it be social, economic, or political, or for those people who wanted control of their own lives, rather than being under the rule of a powerful regime. There are two revolutions that caught my attention when I was searching for my research paper project. They are the Peoples Power Revolution, which was held in the Philippines in 1986, and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in
Throughout history there have been many leaders. Some leaders are good or can lead to destruction; others are bad or can lead to independence. A wonderful example of a great leader that led a country to independence is Gandhi. Another example of a great leader that led to independence and can be found in the Brower textbook, The World Since 1945, in Ramon Magsaysay. Gandhi through peace and protest brought independence to India whereas Magsaysay through resistance brought equal independence to the
Philippines was controlled for twenty long years of dictatorship government of Ferdinand Marcos from 1965 to 1986. It was only thwarted and overthrew by Corazon Aquino , the wife of late Sen. Benigno Aquino, who then became revolutionary president. Through the support of Radio Veritas, through the backing of Catholic hierarchy led by Archbishop Cardinal Sin, through vigilance and participation of masses of people including parishioners, working-group, middle-class, and professional cohorts, and
Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009) was a Philippine government official who served as the 11th President of the Philippines, the first lady to embrace that administrative center, and the first female president in Asia, however not the first female Asian head of state. Aquino was the most conspicuous figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which collapsed the 20-year authoritarian principle of President Ferdinand Marcos and restored majority rules
Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (Ferdinand Marcos) was born on 11th of September 1917 in Sarrat, Philippines and died on the 28th of September 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a Philippine lawyer and politician, and the Philippine President from 1966 to 1986. He was known for establishing a corrupt, undemocratic authoritarian regime. Marcos went to school in Manila and attended law school at the University of the Philippines in the late 1930s. His father, Mariano Marcos, was a Filipino politician. On
ELECTION An election is a formal and composed process by vote for electing someone to be in a political office or other positions. It is important to understand the difference between the form and the substance of elections. In some cases electoral are available yet the substance of an election is absent as when voters don 't have a free and authentic decision between no less than two choices. Most countries hold elections in at least the formal sense, yet a lot of them the elections are not competitive
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed,” said by Martin Luther King while in Birmingham Jail on April 16, 1963. A quote easily related back to the Filipinos who struggled for independence from the United States during the Cold War. Influenced by the patronizing relationship with the United States throughout history, the economic and political evolution of the Philippines has been controlled by the dependence between the two allied countries. In
This being said and with the benefit of hindsight, I would agree that I may had compromised my integrity before when I was not able to take stand against my continuous understanding of my school heads who failed to manage their financial disbursements contrary to what is provided under existing Commission on Audit rules and policies. I failed to remain coherent, whole and adaptively alive at that time. My inaction at that time compromising my integrity has eventually caused the incomplete enjoyment
The clash of swords; the twang of bowstrings. The whistle of bullets. Bodies span the ages and litter the lands of the nations. Their blood cries from the ground upon which they fell, calling for vengeance on the governments and societies that so wronged them. This was the pattern that existed since the beginning of time, until the world met one man. With one mission. Now, there are generations upon generations that will never forget him. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you wish
Not All Conspiracies are Imaginary Almost as an article of faith, some individuals believe that conspiracies are either kooky fantasies or unimportant aberrations. To be sure, wacko conspiracy theories do exist. There are people who believe that the United States has been invaded by a secret United Nations army equipped with black helicopters, or that the country is secretly controlled by Jews or gays or feminists or black nationalists or communists or extraterrestrial aliens. But it does not logically